Not Quite World's End
A Traveller's Tales
Published on 30. September 2009
496 pages
978-0-230-22563-3 (ISBN)
Description
The fourth volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.
For decades, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. In Not Quite World's End, he offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and changes the world has gone through in his life and long career.
He looks at the world's troubles - war in the Middle East, global warming, population explosion - and takes the perhaps surprising view that it's actually not nor will be the end of the world. His vivid prose, his clear-sightedness and the wonderful anecdotes about the many strange people and places he has come across - from emperors to movie stars, from Chelsea to China - all add up to a richly satisfying read that will transport you around the globe.
With his vast experience and remarkable ability to explain what's really going on out there, he offers us all a crumb of comfort in desperate times.
'A very fine journalist' - Nelson Mandela
'Inspirational, anecdotal, humorous and chilling. Simpson's unbiased accounts are riveting' - Bob Geldof
For decades, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. In Not Quite World's End, he offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and changes the world has gone through in his life and long career.
He looks at the world's troubles - war in the Middle East, global warming, population explosion - and takes the perhaps surprising view that it's actually not nor will be the end of the world. His vivid prose, his clear-sightedness and the wonderful anecdotes about the many strange people and places he has come across - from emperors to movie stars, from Chelsea to China - all add up to a richly satisfying read that will transport you around the globe.
With his vast experience and remarkable ability to explain what's really going on out there, he offers us all a crumb of comfort in desperate times.
'A very fine journalist' - Nelson Mandela
'Inspirational, anecdotal, humorous and chilling. Simpson's unbiased accounts are riveting' - Bob Geldof
Reviews / Votes
He is a very fine journalist -- Nelson Mandela Inspirational, anecdotal, humorous and chilling. Simpson's unbiased accounts are riveting -- Bob Geldof A collection of fascinating snap-shots, this is inspirational reading * Belfast Telegraph * One of the most travelled correspondents of all time . . . this book documents his journeys around the world * The Sunday Times Business Post * Simpson's late fatherhood adds a touching gloss to the experiences of the grand maverick . . . at his rumbustious, grumpy, humorous best * The Daily Telegraph * John Simpson . . . urges us to take the long view that all things must pass. Refreshing, erudite and compelling * Choice Magazine * A richly satisfying read * Manchester Evening News *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
File size
1,45 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-230-22563-3 (9780230225633)
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10/2008
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Person
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 Not Quite World's End and a childhood memoir, Days from a Different World. He is also the author of The Wars Against Saddam, Twenty Tales from the War Zone and Unreliable Sources, as well as several novels. He lives in London with his South African wife, Dee, and their son, Rafe.
