The Useful Idiot by John Sweeney

The Useful Idiot by John Sweeney

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

‘An insightful, frighteningly intelligent thriller… a gem of a novel’ Robert Dinsdale A Welsh journalist falls foul of Stalin’s secret police after threatening to tell the world about the famine in the Soviet Union – a thriller based on a terrifying and tragic true story.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

The Useful Idiot by John Sweeney

An insightful, frighteningly intelligent thriller a gem of a novel Robert Dinsdale A Welsh journalist falls foul of Stalins secret police after threatening to tell the world about the famine in the Soviet Union a thriller based on a terrifying and tragic true story.

John Sweeney is a BBC Panorama reporter who became a YouTube celebrity after losing his cool with a senior Scientology official. He spent twelve years with the Observer before joining the BBC in 2001, where he covered wars, revolutions, and turmoil in over sixty nations. Sweeny has received one Emmy, two Royal Television Society Awards, one Radio Academy Award, the What the Papers Say Journalist of the Year Prize, an Amnesty International award, and the Paul Foot Award over his career. He's the author of eight books, and one of his favorite pastimes is falling off his bike on the way home from the pub.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781909269347
ISBN 10 1909269344
Title The Useful Idiot
Author John Sweeney
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Silvertail Books
Year published 2020-01-30
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.