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Daniel Simpson - Rough Guide to the Dark Side - 9781780993072 - V9781780993072
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Rough Guide to the Dark Side

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Description for Rough Guide to the Dark Side Paperback. Why a young reporter quit his job at The New York Times, and got himself mixed up with Balkan gangsters. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
Ever dreamed of changing the world? Daniel Simpson shows how not to do it. His memoir charts a gonzo career at The New York Times. Ambitious and idealistic, he was hired to report on the Balkans but quit within months, freaked out by his editor s zeal for starting wars. Disillusioned, he went native in Belgrade. Together with the charismatic G, who had appeared one night in lavish puffs of dope smoke, he decided to organize a Serbian version of Woodstock: a festival on an island in the Danube.Music could revolutionize the country. It was run by a wartime mafia, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780993072
SKU
V9781780993072
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Daniel Simpson
Daniel Simpson was born in England in 1974. He read history at Cambridge then trained as a foreign correspondent with Reuters, before joining The New York Times to report on the Balkans. He resigned after learning that news promotes the interests of the powerful. Profits trump people and planet, whatever the costs. To challenge that bias with sustainable ... Read more

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