A Mad World, My Masters: A Memoir of Life and Journalism by John Simpson — Paperback (2008)

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‘Highly entertaining’ – The Times
The second volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.
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.
Honest, entertaining, and at times hilarious, A Mad World, My Masters is a celebration of some of the world’s wilder places. Packed full of extraordinary experiences, it includes stories about a television camera that killed people, about how Colonel Gaddafi farted his way through an interview and how he – Simpson – mooned the Queen.
This vivid memoir will transport you around the world and take you behind the scenes of life as a journalist on the frontlines.
‘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’ – The Sunday Telegraph
The fascinating stories continue in John Simpson’s third volume of autobiography, News from No Man’s Land.

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