Death of a Translator
A young reporter's journey to the heart of Afghanistan's forgotten war
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 September 2022
Summary
“I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war” P. J. O’Rourke
A young, devil-may-care Englishman reporting on the Soviet war makes a fateful commitment to a swashbuckling Afghan guerrilla commander. Not only will he go inside the capital secretly and live in the network of safe houses run by the resistance, he will travel around the city in a Soviet Army jeep, dressed as a Russian officer. Wait…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911350354 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1911350358 |
| Author: | Ed Gorman |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war. This is a brave book. Ed Gorman has a lonely struggle, but, excellent reporter that he is, he shows us how the struggle is not his alone.
By turns gripping, enlightening and deeply moving, Ed Gorman’s story should be required reading for any editor in charge of sending journalists into harm’s way. * author of AFTERSHOCK *
Few autobiographies are page-turners. Ed Gorman’s is. I cannot recommend this well crafted, exciting yet moving book too much. * author of TAKING COMMAND *
About The Author
Ed Gorman
Brought up in the English Midlands, ED GORMAN attended Cambridge University where he read economics and modern history and then set out to make his name in journalism in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan. His adventures there form the core of Death of a Translator, which is published now with a new preface. A 25-year career at The Times followed when Ed worked as a foreign news correspondent covering wars in Afghanistan, the Balkans and Sri Lanka. He was Ireland correspondent for four years during the Troubles, then sailing and Formula One writer and latterly deputy foreign editor and deputy head of news. Married with three stepchildren, he now works from home in West Sussex, dividing his time between writing and his responsibilities as editorial director of a sports management company.
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