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There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn - and John Simpson has been to them all. This hugely successful volume of writing is a celebration of some of the world's wilder places. His extraordinary experiences include stories about a television camera that killed people, about how Colonel Gadhaffi farted his way through an interview and how he - Simpson - mooned the Queen. 'Highly entertaining' The Times 'What amazing tales he has to tell, and with what enthralling vividness . . . Riveting' Daily Mail 'The range of his travels is staggering . . . Never less than entertaining, sometimes moving and often funny' Sunday Telegraph
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A mad world, my masters : tales from a traveller's life, John Simpson
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- A mad world, my masters : tales from a traveller's life
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Simpson
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0330355678
- ISBN13
- 9780330355674
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Journalism
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn - and John Simpson has been to them all. This hugely successful volume of writing is a celebration of some of the world's wilder places. His extraordinary experiences include stories about a television camera that killed people, about how Colonel Gadhaffi farted his way through an interview and how he - Simpson - mooned the Queen. 'Highly entertaining' The Times 'What amazing tales he has to tell, and with what enthralling vividness . . . Riveting' Daily Mail 'The range of his travels is staggering . . . Never less than entertaining, sometimes moving and often funny' Sunday Telegraph