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Another mindblowing book penned by brabazon is known as my friend the mercenary. Its the true story of nick du toit, a south african mercenary famous for a botched coup attempt in equatorial guinea. Nick has a dry sense of humor, and insists that he isnt racist, despite the fact he fought for south africa. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. British documentarian brabazon entered liberia in 2002 to film rebel forces in that countrys civil war, taking along bodyguard nick du toit, a mercenary and former soldier in south africas apartheidera army. Interview with brabazon on new books in african studies. Brabazon himself was unflinching as a documentarian of war, and his prose is no less sparing, whether describing the gruesome reality of guerrilla combat or the agonizing moral quandaries of battle. He first gained attention as the only journalist to film the lurd rebel group fighting to overthrow president charles taylor during the second liberian civil war. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon canongate books. The book opens with stomachchurning accounts of the torture that du toit and his coconspirators suffered, based partly on videos the torturers made. It is a brutally honest and undeniably human account of a journey into the heart of what it takes to be a friend, a survivor and a journalist in the morally corrosive crucible of war.
My friend the mercenary by james brabazon, 9781847674418, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Published june 3rd 2010 by canongate books ltd first published january 1st. My friend the mercenary recounts james s courageous journey into the liberian war, and tells the inside story of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history. In a flyblown bar in west africa, british war reporter james brabazon found himself being briefed on covert military plans to overthrow the government of. He is the author of all fall down, the break line, and the international bestseller my friend the mercenary, a memoir recounting his experiences of the liberian civil war and the equatorial guinea coup plot.
Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight it in 21stcentury africa. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon, paperback barnes. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon paperback 9781847674418 published by canongate 16 june 2011. Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21stcentury africa. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. In 2002, british journalist james brabazon set out to travel with guerrilla forces into liberia to show the world what was happening in that wartorn country. Brabazon is best known for his work in the liberian civil war that led to two documentaries and the memoir, my friend the mercenary. In a flyblown bar in west africa, war reporter james brabazon found himself discussing military plans to overthrow the government of equatorial guinea with.
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