A Mad World, My Masters

Tales from a Traveller's Life

von John Simpson

464 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'Highly entertaining' - The TimesThe second volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn - and John Simpson has been to them all.Honest, entertaining, and at times hilarious, A Mad World, My Masters is a celebration of some of the world's wilder places. Packed full of extraordinary experiences, it includes stories about a television camera that killed people, about how Colonel Gaddafi farted his way through an interview and how he - Simpson - mooned the Queen.This vivid memoir will transport you around the world and take you behind the scenes of life as a journalist on the frontlines.'What amazing tales he has to tell, and with what enthralling vividness . . . Riveting' - Daily Mail'The range of his travels is staggering . . . Never less than entertaining, sometimes moving and often funny' - The Sunday TelegraphThe fascinating stories continue in John Simpson's third volume of autobiography, News from No Man's Land.

• Reihe: Pan
• ISBN: 9780330355674
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2008
• Größe: 197 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL