Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola - Softcover

Thomas, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091927048 ISBN 13: 9780091927042

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2009

Synopsis

Coca-Cola and its logo are everywhere. In our homes, our workplaces, even our schools. It is a company that sponsors the Olympics, backs US presidents and even re-brands Santa Claus. A truly universal product, it has even been served in space.

From Istanbul to Mexico City, Mark travels the globe investigating the stories and people Coca-Cola's iconic advertising campaigns don't mention. Child labourers in the sugar cane fields of El Salvador. Indian workers exposed to toxic chemicals. Colombian union leaders falsely accused of terrorism and jailed alongside the paramilitaries who want to kill them. And many more...

Provocative, funny and stirring, Belching Out the Devil investigates the truth behind one of the planet's biggest brands.

About this title

Review:

"Funny, frightening and a damn fine read ... It's the real thing" (Time Out)

"This is great comedy, great travel writing and great reporting" (The Times)

"A compelling investigation" (Financial Times)

"Part light-hearted travelogue, part passionate polemic, part investigative documentary: Michael Palin meets Michael Moore" (chortle.co.uk)

"By far the most entertaining left-wing polemicist currently operating, as well as one of the smartest and most effective" (The Times)

Book Description:

Take a dangerously entertaining trip with Mark Thomas in search of the real story behind Coca-Cola...

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0091927048
• ISBN 13: 9780091927042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384