1990, ISBN: 9781846554353

A deft, impressive debut novel--a dark hyper-comedy--published in Britain to great acclaim ("Wily, insightful, engaging" --"The Times"; "Brilliant . . . It grips from the first with verba… Mehr…

A deft, impressive debut novel--a dark hyper-comedy--published in Britain to great acclaim ("Wily, insightful, engaging" --"The Times"; "Brilliant . . . It grips from the first with verbal polish and razor-sharp satire" --"The""Mail on Sunday) "is set in London in the late 1990s during the height of the newspaper wars just before the dot-com tidal wave. It is a novel about two women at different times in their careers--one a legendary war correspondent (called in her day "The Newsroom Dietrich" because of her luminescent beauty) now in her eighties, who, over the decades, as the golden girl of the press has been on the frontlines or in the foxholes in every major theater of war in the twentieth century (Madrid, Normandy, Buchenwald, Berlin, Algiers, Korea, Vietnam). The other, a young feature writer out of Media Studies, a list compiler (what's in/what's out . . . the ten best of anything), who writes for a newspaper gossip magazine and is sent to interview the doyenne of British journalists. The eminent correspondent is about to have a new collection of her dispatches published. She is famously tricky and has made it clear to her publisher that the details of her private life are off-limits to interviewers. The young feature writer doesn't have the time or the inclination to read either the woman's books or her clips. She's after the dirt on the old gal: who the former beauty palled around with, slept with, and the truth about her three failed marriages. The correspondent's life work--her courage, her objective prize-winning reporting--is of little interest to the young feature writer. What starts out as a tango of wills and egos fast turns into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, as secrets are revealed, lies unearthed and the stakes ratcheted up as two vying newspapers are drawn into the tug-of-war, with what each thinks is an explosive story, and with one paper playing off against another in a ruthless, desperate grab for sensation and circulation. Media ><

1997, ISBN: 9781846554353

There are two sides to every story. Two women journalists - one old, one young, one a veteran war correspondent, the other a writer of celebrity gossip - meet for the first time. It is Ja… Mehr…

There are two sides to every story. Two women journalists - one old, one young, one a veteran war correspondent, the other a writer of celebrity gossip - meet for the first time. It is January 1997, the dying days of John Major's government, and newspapers, fighting for a dwindling readership, are plunging downmarket amid wild rumours that the internet is about to change the world for ever. Honor Tait (b. 1917), one of the most renowned journalists of her era, is haunted by her past; Tamara Sim (b. 1970), who compiles lists of what's in and what's out for Psst!, the weekend entertainment supplement of The Monitor, is struggling to secure her future, at any cost, in an increasingly precarious industry. When Sim is sent to interview Tait, their mutual incomprehension generates a rich seam of dark comedy. But when their different worlds finally collide, the consequences are devastating. McAfee's trenchant first novel is part satire, part portrait of an era poised unknowingly on the brink of a technological revolution. New Labour is about to take over, newspapers are increasingly obsessed by the private lives of popstars, models and footballers, and Honor Tait and her kind are an endangered species. But is Tait really such a beacon of truth and integrity? And, as this darkly witty novel asks, is compassion the first casualty in the search for a good story?; Fiction, Harvill Secker<

2014, ISBN: 9781846554353

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Hardcover, Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping., [PU: Harvill Secker]<

2004, ISBN: 9781846554353

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