May You Live in Interesting Times - Softcover

Conor O'Clery

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9781842234211: May You Live in Interesting Times

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842234218 ISBN 13: 9781842234211

Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd, 2009

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As a pioneering foreign correspondent, Conor O’Clery has been witness to some of the major world events of the past thirty years, including the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran–Iraq war, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Clinton years in the White House, the opening up of China, the fall of Indonesia’s Suharto, the liberation of East Timor and global warming in the Arctic.

He was named journalist of the year for his reporting of the end of the Cold War, and journalist and reporter of the year for his vivid eye-witness accounts of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.

In his career with The Irish Times he opened the newspaper’s first Moscow bureau, and went on to establish and run staff offices in Washington, Beijing and New York before returning to live in Dublin.

In May You Live in Interesting Times, O’Clery looks back at events then and now in the overseas countries where he worked, and reveals some of the exciting, dangerous and humourous aspects of life as a journalist on the cutting edge of history.

This is an essential book for anybody interested in the ever-changing, restless chaos of modern global history.

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Review:

'Wonderful reports and wonderful insights.' --Pat Kenny, RTE Radio 1

'Wry and insightful' --Irish Mail on Sunday

'An enthralling read, covering the entire tapestry of world events from the 1980s onward.' --Irish Examiner

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