Road Work Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues and Beasts
by Mark Bowden
With his international bestsellers, Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo, Mark Bowden has established himself as one of the most original non-fiction writers of his generation. Road Work brings together Bowdens shorter pieces into one brilliant collection. It includes an enthralling account of how a vast corruption ring inside the Philadelphia Police Department was broken; the surreal story of Sylvester Stallones unsuccessful attempt to have a statue of himself erected in front of the Philadelphia art museum and Intifada, a previously unpublished account of a month spent on the West Bank, Gaza and Israel during the first Palestinian uprising.
HistoryModern
RELEASED2004
PUBLISHERAtlantic Books
LENGTH320
LANGUAGEEN
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer and author. He has been The Distinguished Writer in Residence at The University of Delaware since 2013. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and also a National Correspondent for The Atlantic. From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the years, he has written for The New Yorker, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone. He has won several awards for his writing. As a result of his book *Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War*, Bowden has received international recognition. The book was made into a 2001 movie directed by Ridley Scott. - Wikipedia
Road Work Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues and Beasts
by Mark Bowden
With his international bestsellers, Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo, Mark Bowden has established himself as one of the most original non-fiction writers of his generation. Road Work brings together Bowdens shorter pieces into one brilliant collection. It includes an enthralling account of how a vast corruption ring inside the Philadelphia Police Department was broken; the surreal story of Sylvester Stallones unsuccessful attempt to have a statue of himself erected in front of the Philadelphia art museum and Intifada, a previously unpublished account of a month spent on the West Bank, Gaza and Israel during the first Palestinian uprising.
HistoryModern
RELEASED2004
PUBLISHERAtlantic Books
LENGTH320
LANGUAGEEN
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer and author. He has been The Distinguished Writer in Residence at The University of Delaware since 2013. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and also a National Correspondent for The Atlantic. From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the years, he has written for The New Yorker, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone. He has won several awards for his writing. As a result of his book *Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War*, Bowden has received international recognition. The book was made into a 2001 movie directed by Ridley Scott. - Wikipedia
