As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade - Softcover

Thomas, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091909228 ISBN 13: 9780091909222

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2007

Synopsis

Mark Thomas is one of the UK's most effective and best-known political activists, as well as being a highly successful stand-up comedian. His show, The Mark Thomas Product, ran for six highly acclaimed series on Channel Four. Amazingly, this is his first book.

As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela is a deeply funny, deeply disturbing account of Mark's rampage through the arms trade. Under a fairly flimsy disguise and with the use of some worryingly poor accents, Mark set off on a journey of discovery in the company of arms dealers, torture victims, politicians, cops, crusties and geeks. The result is a shockingly entertaining read.

Embedded within the sharpness of his humour is the truth of an industry fraught with loopholes, complacency and greed; that allows corrupt regimes to kill, maim and displace, but whose deals are often subsidised by the British taxpayer.

Hard-hitting, laugh-out-loud funny and extremely unsettling, As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela is never anything less than compulsive.

About this title

Review:

"John Pilger with laughs" (Guardian)

"Thomas, in essence, is a brilliant investigative journalist disguised as an angry, shouty comedian ... very funny indeed" (Daily Telegraph)

"A genuine eye-opener" (Mail on Sunday)

"Courageous book ... A humorous yet heartfelt polemic ... Thomas' revelations are riveting" (Independent)

"Thomas's investigations are gripping" (Daily Telegraph)

From the Publisher:

Taking up the baton from Michael Moore, the UK's foremost political comedian has written a corruscatingly funny expose of the arms trade

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0091909228
• ISBN 13: 9780091909222
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352