Thursday, January 15, 2015

Book - Previous Convictions

In the days of yore I used to read Mr. Gill's pieces religiously every weekend in the Sunday Times and I am sure I have read this book before, but couldn't swear to it.   Previous Convictions book is a selection of articles he wrote from assignments he undertook both at home and abroad.  He doesn't go where the average tourist goes and with his sharp awareness of the environment around him, his writing puts you right there with him.  The article on Haiti  had me disturbed for a couple of days.  BUT,  I would never have put Mr Gill and Mr Clarkson, of top Gear infamy, in the same room never mind on a 'holiday' together.  Truth is stranger than fiction,

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