Results for: books tagged ‘Reportage’
The Faber Book of Reportage: John Carey
What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see ... More
Big Boys' Rules: Mark Urban
The SAS describes its attitude to the use of lethal force as 'Big boys' games, big boys' rules'. Anyone caught with a gun or bomb can expect to be shot. ... More
The Hidden War: Artyom Borovik
In 1988 Artyom Borovik marched with the Russian forces into Afghanistan, earning a medal for his 'valour in battle'. He returned home to write this extraordinary account of the terror, ... More
The Gun and the Olive Branch: David Hirst
'An epic tale . . . told relentlessly well. If you want to read a serious account of the price of Zionism, and a sobering review of Israel's new role ... More
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: Gordon Burn
It seemed the case of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper was finally closed when Peter Sutcliffe was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981. But in the early 1980s Gordon Burn spent ... More
The Missing: Andrew O'Hagan
In a brilliant merging of reportage, social history and memoir, Andrew O'Hagan clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in ... More
Nick Broomfield: Jason Wood
Kurt Cobain, Margaret Thatcher, rap stars Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss and serial killer Aileen Wuornos are just a few of the icons whom Nick Broomfield ... More
The Dark Heart of Italy: Tobias Jones
In 1999 Tobias Jones emigrated to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors. Instead, he discovered a country riven by skulduggery, where crime is ... More
12:23: Eoin McNamee
August 1997. As the century grinds to a close Diana Spencer and her Egyptian lover are to visit Paris. According to some accounts they will become engaged. According to some ... More
The Market of Seleukia: Jan Morris
'As a work of descripton and evocation [The Market of Seleukia] is wonderful … showing us the enthralling interplay of politics, avarice, hate, national pride, and religious fanaticism in that ... More
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