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Zusatztext Foden is a formidable storyteller. . . . [In TURBULENCE , ] it is the meticulous fusion of science and military history that dazzles, coming off like an exhilarating fusion of Richard Powers and John le Carré Informationen zum Autor Giles Foden was born in 1967 and spent much of his early life in Africa. He was educated at Cambridge University. He has worked as a barman, a builder, a journalist, an academic, and as a rapporteur for the European Commission. For ten years, he was an editor and writer on the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian , and his writing has since been published in Granta , Vogue , Esquire , The New York Times and Conde Nast Traveller , where he is a contributing editor. His fiction includes The Last King of Scotland , Ladysmith , Zanzibar and Turbulence . The Last King of Scotland was made into an Oscar-winning feature film in 2006. Klappentext From the acclaimed author of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, TURBULENCE is a gripping blend of fact and fiction about the D-day landings and how human beings deal with uncertainty Vorwort From the acclaimed author of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, TURBULENCE is a gripping blend of fact and fiction about the D-day landings and how human beings deal with uncertainty Zusammenfassung From the acclaimed author of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, TURBULENCE is a gripping blend of fact and fiction about the D-day landings and how human beings deal with uncertainty
