Mad World, My Masters [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

John Simpson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 2002

'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". 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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

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 Strange Places, Questionable People, News from No Man's Land and Days From a Different World.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio Books (December 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405006617
• ISBN-13: 978-1405006613
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,829,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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