As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade - Couverture souple

Thomas, Mark

 
9780091909222: As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade
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ISBN 10 : 0091909228 ISBN 13 : 9780091909222
Editeur : Ebury Press, 2007

Synopsis

Mark Thomas is one of the UK's most effective and best-known political activists, as well as being a highly successful stand-up comedian. His show, The Mark Thomas Product, ran for six highly acclaimed series on Channel Four. Amazingly, this is his first book.

As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela is a deeply funny, deeply disturbing account of Mark's rampage through the arms trade. Under a fairly flimsy disguise and with the use of some worryingly poor accents, Mark set off on a journey of discovery in the company of arms dealers, torture victims, politicians, cops, crusties and geeks. The result is a shockingly entertaining read.

Embedded within the sharpness of his humour is the truth of an industry fraught with loopholes, complacency and greed; that allows corrupt regimes to kill, maim and displace, but whose deals are often subsidised by the British taxpayer.

Hard-hitting, laugh-out-loud funny and extremely unsettling, As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela is never anything less than compulsive.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mark Thomas has worked as a comedian for over twenty years. His activist, campaigning brand of comedy has been a thorn in the side of many politicians and corporations. However, recently he has been invited to give evidence at various government select committees. He is one of a limited number of people to be awarded a UN Global Human Rights Defender Award and has also been awarded a Kurdish National Congress Medal of Honour amongst other citations. His three-year campaign to stop the building of the Ilisu dam in Turkey was ultimately successful and saved 78,000 Kurds from being displaced.

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Éditeur
Ebury Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0091909228
ISBN 13 
9780091909222
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780091909215: As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela

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ISBN 10 :  009190921X ISBN 13 :  9780091909215
Editeur : Ebury Press, 2006
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