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Description for The Reporter
Paperback. Set in London, Saigon, San Francisco - and East Anglia - in the late 1960s, this title tells a true story of James Mossman, a difficult but brilliant BBC reporter and ex-MI6 agent, who killed himself in 1971. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
An enthralling detective story based on the true life story of BBC reporter James Mossman.
A brilliant man kills himself mid-career, leaving behind a cryptic suicide note.
Based on the remarkable life of the star BBC correspondent James Mossman during his last years, 1963 to 1971, Nicholas Wright's play The Reporter searches for the truth behind his bewildering suicide. What lies beneath the surface? Or is the surface ultimately all there is?
The Reporter was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2007.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599636
SKU
V9781854599636
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Nicholas Wright
Nicholas Wright is a leading British playwright. His plays include: 8 Hotels (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2019); an adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's novel The Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead Theatre, 2017); an adaptation of Pat Barker's novel Regeneration (Royal & Derngate, Northampton, 2014); Travelling Light (National Theatre, 2012); The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Rattigan's Nijinsky (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2011); ... Read more
Reviews for The Reporter
'Fascinating and witty'
Evening Standard
'Brilliant... captures precisely the internal politics of institutional existence'
Guardian
'Fascinating and moving... a study of addictive love, bereavement and depression, of male competitiveness and weakness, of the pursuit of truth and personal cover-ups'
Independent on Sunday
'Haunting... every bit as impressive as Wright's last big hit, Vincent in ... Read more
Evening Standard
'Brilliant... captures precisely the internal politics of institutional existence'
Guardian
'Fascinating and moving... a study of addictive love, bereavement and depression, of male competitiveness and weakness, of the pursuit of truth and personal cover-ups'
Independent on Sunday
'Haunting... every bit as impressive as Wright's last big hit, Vincent in ... Read more