Strange Places, Questionable People
- ISBN-10
- 0333724194
- ISBN-13
- 9780333724194
- Category
- Foreign correspondents
- Pages
- 560
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Author
- John Simpson
Description
In this autobiography, BBC foreign news editor, John Simpson reflects on his career. His experiences range from being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson, posing as a mercenary in Zaire, escaping summary execution in Beirut, to tangling with the cocaine barons of Colombia.
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