Desperately moving
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I have read many autobiographies over the years, but few have touched me in quite the way Buerk's has. He has written from the heart about his experiences in places like Northern Ireland, Ethiopia and South Africa - his chapters about Ethiopia in particular are gut-wrenchingly sad - and yet has managed to fully convey his humility and sense of humour throughout. Quite simply this is a superb account of a very interesting and unusual life. Thoroughly recommended.
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Brilliant
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Wiity, self-effacing, facinating, gripping, very moving in places. A great insight on journalism, and on reporting from the vilest places on earth. Excellent read. Buy it !
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Analysis Review of 2The Road Taken
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I have to say that i don't read many books in english anymore as i have been so interested in becoming fluent in french, though was so taken a back when i saw Michael Buerke's autobiography on a shelf in Waterstones. he has always been an idol to me as he is in the profession that i dream of being in. Travelling the world and being posted to different countries far away from home for years at a time. learning different cultures and languages at the same time. I was so excited when i was able to get myself into reading this excellent,intellectually written book. It is not aimed at my sort of audience as i am only fifteen, though i think some people who are perhaps like me would enjoy it. Just because we are only fifteen doesn't mean to say that were not intellectually capable of comprehending what this remarkable man has written. I haven't finnished reading it as i am about three quarters of the way through, but have read enough to tell the world that this remarkably written book is well worth you reading. Thank-you so muchMichael Buerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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