Short Walks from Bogota by Tom Feiling
For decades, Colombia was the narcostate. Now travel to Colombia and South America is on the rise, and it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. The author has journeyed throughout Colombia, down roads that were too dangerous to travel, to paint a fresh picture of one of the world's most notorious and least-understood countries.
Books of the Year 2012 -- Boyd Tonkin The Independent Creates a portrait of Colombia that is perceptive, unsensational, and full of humanity.. Feiling is a brilliant reporter, lucid, unflinching, morally engaged, and with an occasional deadpan sense of humour .. one of the most consistently intelligent and compelling books to have appeared on any South American country in recent years -- Michael Jacobs Independent Tom Feiling takes us on an enlightening journey through a changing country that few understand -- Rachel Aspden Observer A deeply political account of one man's journey to the violent heart of modern, rural, Colombia ... a must read -- Kevin Howlett Colombia Politics Feiling... venture[s] into areas that have been off limits for decades ... the sense of a vibrant nation worth discovering peeks out -- Siobhan Murphy Metro The best British travel writers like Norman Lewis or Bruce Chatwin give the reader more than simple travellers' tales. Feiling is of their company ... a brilliant, penetrating and highly readable account -- Robert Carver Spectator [Praise for The Candy Machine] The Candy Machine is highly addictive Metro A vivid, argumentative, arresting book Sunday Telegraph I've read a few documentary accounts of the rise of cocaine, and this might be the best of them. It's clear, sharp and solid. Very well told Evening Standard
Tom Feiling spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia, which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, and was broadcast in four countries. In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC's Justice for Colombia campaign, which organizes for human rights in Colombia. His first book was The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over The World, which was based on over sixty interviews with people involved in all aspects of the cocaine business and the 'war on drugs,' and was published by Penguin in 2009.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781846145834 |
| ISBN 10 | 184614583X |
| Title | Short Walks from Bogota |
| Author | Tom Feiling |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |