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Road Work
Mark Bowden
其他書名
Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts
出版
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
, 2007-12-01
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism
History / Essays
ISBN
1555846092
9781555846091
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fsxl5ilwZ2gC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“Painstakingly reported stories about losers, oddballs and con men” from the #1
New York Times
–bestselling journalist and author of
Black Hawk Down
(
The New York Times Book Review
).
This riveting anthology collects the most diverse and far-reaching of Mark Bowden’s award-winning nonfiction—“with fascinating features on Norman Mailer, the war against terror, and even a Philadelphia Zoo gorilla, Bowden’s range is broad” (
Entertainment Weekly
).
Whether traveling to Rhode Island where one of the largest cocaine rings in history is uncovered, or to the Luangwa Valley in Zambia where anti-poachers fight to save the black rhino, Bowden takes us down rough roads previously off-limits: the top-secret world of Guantanamo Bay; Saddam Hussein’s post 9/11 days on the run; a pimp’s inside track on police corruption in Philadelphia; and Al Sharpton’s campaign trail.
Bowden also invites readers along to meet a small-town high school football team, farmers who make bras for cows, the Rocky Balboa statue in Philadelphia, and to see Disney World with a wide-eyed group of terminally ill children.
In
Road Work
, Mark Bowden “fashion[s] prose that reads like good fiction, with the bonus that his stories are true” (
The New York Times Book Review
).
“Astute character reading and solid research combine with ingenious and stylish prose: a superior portfolio from a journalist who stays at the top of his game.” —
Kirkus Reviews
, starred review
“Bowden is unlike any other journalist . . . Superb reporting, a fine mind conceiving the story line, and a compelling writing style lead to something approaching immortality.” —
St. Louis Post-Dispatch