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June 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Michael Herr

Michael Herr has died. He was 76. He wrote the greatest book about war, one of the greatest non-fiction books you might ever read. I first came across Herr’s name – and extracts of his work – in the extra reading around the very best university class I took; perhaps the only one that stuck. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anthony Loyd, Apocalypse Now, Author, Dispatches, Eulogy, Full Metal Jacket, Journalism, Journalist, Michael Herr, Non-FIction, R.I.P., R.I.P. Michael Herr, Soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, War Reporter, War Reporting, Writer, Writing ·

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August 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Mohsin Hamid: Discontent and Its Civilizations – Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London

Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Mohsin Hamid has three novels to his name – most significant is his The Reluctant Fundamentalist. That same calm, measured voice marks his journalism as distinct in this collection of essays where the personal becomes the geopolitical, where defence of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 9/11, America, and London, Art, Book Review, Columns, Discontent and Its Civilizations, Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, Dispatches, Essays, Journalism, Life, Mohsin Hamid, New York, News, Novelist, Pakistan, Politics, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Travel, World, Writing ·

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September 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Authors I Admire: #10 Anthony Loyd

“War” opined Boy George, “is stupid. And people”, he went on to say, “are stupid”. It was the early 1980s and there was a naivety in those lyrics that made them seem almost cute, particularly with the Day-Glo pop beat in the background. Sometimes the simplest, most obvious statements have a resonance – and for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Another Bloody Love Letter, Anthony Loyd, Art of War, Author, Authors, Authors I Admire, Authors I Admire # 10, Authors I Admire: #10 Antony Loyd, Books, Boy George, Dispatches, Graham Greene, Journalist, Michael Herr, Phantom Billstickers, Sebastien Junger, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, War, War Correspondent, War Reporting, Writing ·

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