In 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,' Tina Fey finds a character tailor-made for her

When the New York Times reviewed "The Taliban Shuffle," Kim Barker's darkly comic memoir of her five years as South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune, Barker's literary alter ego was described as "a sort of Tina Fey character, who unexpectedly finds herself addicted to the adrenaline rush of war."