Our Friends in Beijing

The explosive political thriller

About the author

John Simpson has been the BBC's World Affairs Editor for more than half his fifty-two year career. In his time with the BBC, he has reported on major events all over the world, and was made a CBE in the Gulf War honours list in 1991. He has twice been the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year, and has won three BAFTAs, a News and Current Affairs award and an Emmy. He lives in Oxford.

Summary

A thrillingly authentic novel about truth, power, politics and friendship, from one of our most revered and experienced foreign correspondents

Foreword

A thrillingly authentic novel about truth, power, politics and friendship, from one of our most revered and experienced foreign correspondents

Additional text

'All novelists draw on their own experiences to some extent in their writing, but John Simpson goes much further. In Our Friends in Beijing, his second foray into fiction, the BBC's long-serving world affairs editor reveals in public for the first time an old wound from the 30-plus war zones from which he has reported.'

Product details

• Authors: John Simpson, Simpson John
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781473674530
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-7453-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage & spy thriller, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, Political / legal thriller, Modern and contemporary fiction, Espionage and spy thriller