John Simpson 'Strange Places, Questionable People'
The eminently readable memoirs of BBC correspondent John Simpson. This book covers his childhood through to 1999. Chapters topics vary from South Africa, the fall of the Berlin wall, a trip up the Amazon, and just about every major political event throughout the 1980's and 90's. I found the book well written and surprisingly gripping. Each chapter just about the right length for a train journey. If I have any criticism it would be that more historical background and political analysis could be given, but I guess that's the nature of a first person perspective such as this. All in all an excellent read.
556 pages, published by Pan Books.
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