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Strange Places, Questionable People

by John Cody Fidler-Simpson · 1998 · 544 pages

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The first bestselling volume of autobiography from John Simpson, the BBC World Affairs Editor

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Subject
biographytravelhistorypolitics
Themes
journalistspolitics
Setting
baghdadbeirutbrusselsdubliniran
Audience
adult
Length
long · 544 pages

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