Gun Baby Gun by Iain Overton
A fast-paced, fascinating and hard-hitting investigation of the gun's lifespan and into our hugely complex relationship with firearms and their undeniable impact.
A brilliantly researched journey, capturing the gun's strangely accepted place in human life and, far too often, death -- Jon Snow
A gripping book that's as disturbing as it is enlightening -- Charlie Burton * * GQ * *
A shocking investigation into our fatal love affair with the firearm * * Newsweek * *
Adventurous, ambitiously tracing the often devastating impact of guns around the world. . punctuated with thoughtful discussions on issues such as the second amendment to the US constitution, and women's attitudes towards guns, and contains moments of great poignancy * * Financial Times * *
Chilling . . . relentlessly engrossing * * Spectator * *
A shocking book about the terrible realities of war and weapons * * Scotland’s Sunday Mail * *
Often dispassionate and aims at nuance, its central conclusion - that we live in a world awash with guns, the consequences of which are largely bleak - is well embedded from the start . . . Overton has a journalist's eye for blending anecdote and statistics in service of a broader narrative. Gun Baby Gun covers a great deal of ground, touching on Salvadoran gang violence, Israel's settlements in theWest Bank and the American gun lobby. Its scope is admirable * * The Skinny * *
An outstanding achievement * * Crime Novel Reader * *
A thoroughly good book * * Bookmunch * *
A gripping book that's as disturbing as it is enlightening -- Charlie Burton * * GQ * *
A shocking investigation into our fatal love affair with the firearm * * Newsweek * *
Adventurous, ambitiously tracing the often devastating impact of guns around the world. . punctuated with thoughtful discussions on issues such as the second amendment to the US constitution, and women's attitudes towards guns, and contains moments of great poignancy * * Financial Times * *
Chilling . . . relentlessly engrossing * * Spectator * *
A shocking book about the terrible realities of war and weapons * * Scotland’s Sunday Mail * *
Often dispassionate and aims at nuance, its central conclusion - that we live in a world awash with guns, the consequences of which are largely bleak - is well embedded from the start . . . Overton has a journalist's eye for blending anecdote and statistics in service of a broader narrative. Gun Baby Gun covers a great deal of ground, touching on Salvadoran gang violence, Israel's settlements in theWest Bank and the American gun lobby. Its scope is admirable * * The Skinny * *
An outstanding achievement * * Crime Novel Reader * *
A thoroughly good book * * Bookmunch * *
Iain Overton is Director of Investigations at the London-based charity Action on Armed Violence and an award-winning investigative journalist who has worked in over eighty countries around the world. Reporting from the killing zones of Columbia, Iraq and Somalia, as a filmmaker he directed documentaries for the BBC, ITN and Al Jazeera, as well as working with the Guardian, the Independent and the Sunday Times. His journalism has won a Peabody Award, two Amnesty Awards and a BAFTA Scotland, among others. He was also founding editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Gun Baby Gun is his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782113423 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782113428 |
| Title | Gun Baby Gun |
| Author | Iain Overton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2015-04-16 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CWA Non-Fiction Gold Dagger 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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