Book description
Drawing on John Simpson's acclaimed volumes of autobiography and
hitherto unpublished material, Twenty Tales from the War Zone brings
together some of the highlights of his remarkable journalistic career.
Whether dodging guerrillas at a cocaine market in Colombia, narrowly
escaping a murderous Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, interviewing a
flatulent Colonel Gadaffi, crossing the border into Afghanistan dressed
in a fetching bright blue burka or being kidnapped at gunpoint - or was
it a finger in a pocket - in the backstreets of Belfast at the height of
the troubles, Simpson paints a vivid picture of what being a journalist
on the front line is all about, from low comedy to high drama. It's a
rollercoaster ride that is sure to thrill anyone who dares to join it.
John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor. He has twice been the
Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year and won countless
other major television awards. He has written several books, including
four volumes of autobiography, Strange Places, Questionable People , A
Mad World, My Masters, News from No Man's Land and, most recently, Days
from a Different World. The Wars Against Saddam, his compelling account
of the West's relationship with Iraq and his two decades reporting on
that relationship encompassing two Gulf Wars and the fall of Saddam
Hussein, is also published by Pan Macmillan. He lives in London with his
South African wife, Dee, and their son, Rafe.
