by John Simpson · Pan Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330449991
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«Twenty Tales from the War Zone: The Best of John Simpson» is the anthology of John Simpson's dispatches, published by Pan Books in 2007 in paperback.
British journalist John Simpson compiles twenty episodes from his long career as a correspondent in conflict zones. Among them are escapes from Afghanistan, a kidnapping in Belfast, encounters with Gaddafi and absurd situations in Colombia that show the day-to-day of frontline journalism, with humor and tension.
Part of the Quick Reads collection, designed for adults returning to reading. The English edition has 164 pages.
Recommended for adults seeking short reads and true stories from war-zone correspondents.
John Cody Fidler-Simpson is an English foreign correspondent who is currently the world affairs editor of BBC News. He holds dual British-Irish citizenship. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and was editor of Granta magazine.
