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James martin brabazon born 18 february 1972, is a british documentary filmmaker, journalist. You need to listen to this if you only listen to one book this year. It is a brutally honest book about what it takes to be a journalist, survivor and friend in the morally corrosive crucible of war. My friend the mercenary is an fascinating look at the liberian civil war, and at mercenary soldiering. James brabazons my friend the mercenary the washington post.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read my friend the mercenary. Describes how an unlikely friendship forged between the author, a british journalist, and nick du toit, his bodyguard and a notorious mercenary, during liberias civil war led to a covert plot to overthrow the government of equatorial guinea. Brabazons memoir my friend the mercenary tells the story of his friendship with du toit and the events leading up to the coup attempt. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There are no other books by this author on our site. An awardwinning filmmaker and frontline war reporter, brabazon cut his teeth in the liberian rainforest, marching hundreds of miles with the rebels of liberians united for reconciliation and democracy, who were seeking to overthrow the despotic charles taylor in february 2002. Nick slowly becomes a friend of james, and they talk frequently. My friend the mercenary hardcover international edition.
The book opens with stomachchurning accounts of the torture that du toit and his. Its the true story of nick du toit, a south african mercenary famous for a botched coup attempt in equatorial guinea. He is serving a 34year sentence in africas most notorious jail, black beach prison. My friend the mercenary recounts jamess courageous journey into the liberian war, and tells the inside story of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history. Started by a group of dedicated book lovers, over the past 8 years world of books ltd has seen the inventory grow from to over 1 million books. You can follow any responses to this entry through rss 2. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon hardback book. One can only one can only hope that hollywood sees the potential in this, and contacts brabazon about the movie rights. Before long, nick promised james the scoop of his life. The first two thirds of brabazons extraordinary confessional, my friend the mercenary, is the story of how the professional partnership of a young, liberal british filmmaker and a hit man for apartheid south africa developed into intimate comradeship.
A haunting memoir and tribute to an extraordinary comradeatarms. My friend the mercenary in liberia, brabazon met nick du toit, a south african mercenary and arms dealer. Praise for my friend the mercenary intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21stcentury africa. Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight it in 21stcentury africa. We want your experience with world of books ltd to be enjoyable and problem free. My friend the mercenary is a brutally honest account of a journey without maps. Mark greaney, number one new york times bestselling author of the gray man series from former special forces officer jason. In march 2014, the npr radio series snap judgment featured an extended interview with brabazon, in which he reflected on his work in liberia and his friendship with du toit. James brabazon in a flyblown bar in west africa, war reporter james brabazon found himself discussing military plans to overthrow the government of equatorial guinea with one of africas most notorious. Through this gripping narrative, james brabazon explodes the myth of the modern mercenary, and paints a moving portrait of an extraordinary friendship. My friend the mercenary audiobook james brabazon audible. Africa, books, coups, equatorial guinea, james brabazon, mercenary, nick du toit. World of books ltd sells quality used books at competitive prices to over 2 million customers worldwide each year. The two men became friends when du toit was brabazons bodyguard while filming a revolution in liberia.
Interview with brabazon on new books in african studies. My friend the mercenary available for download and read online in other formats. External links my friend, the mercenary from hell by noah shachtman, 25 april 2008 bbc news article on the verdicts handed to the coup force, bbc online, 26 november 2004 no buy recommendation for a book about a former mercenary by. Jul 23, 2019 rachel deloache williams, the author of my friend anna, has as good a claim as anyone. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Running with the infamous lurd rebels, he survived numerous deadly ambushes and a dramatic. With my friend the mercenary, firsttime author james brabazon certainly cooks this mix into a fastpaced pageturner. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading my friend the mercenary. Canongate books is proud to publish my friend the mercenary by james brabazon.
Jun 12, 2010 filmmaker and author james brabazon reads from his book my friend the mercenary, about his relationship with south african ex mercenary nick du toit, who was jailed for his part in an attempted. This book tells the story of brabazons relationship with nick toit, and arms dealer from south africa who becomes his bodyguard when he takes up reporting duty in liberia in feb 2002. Insight with james brabazon my friend the mercenary youtube. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon, 2010 edition, in english. It is a brutally honest book about what it takes to be a journalist, survivor, and friend in this. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon paperback 9781847674418 published by canongate 16 june 2011. Set largely in wartorn liberia, the story starts in. My friend the mercenary by james brabazon free ebooks. In a flyblown bar in west africa, british war reporter james brabazon found himself being briefed on covert military plans to overthrow the government of.
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My friend the mercenary, by james brabazon canongate, 352pp. My friend the mercenary audiobook by james brabazon. My friend the mercenary is both an account of jamess courageous journey into the liberian civil warwhere he reported from behind rebel lines with nick du toit as his bodyguardand the inside story of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history. After first meeting delvey in 2016, the former vanity fair photo editor traveled, dined and worked out. Nick has a dry sense of humor, and insists that he isnt racist, despite the fact he fought for south africa. On march 7, 2004, he was arrested in malabo, the capital of the african petrostate.
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Aug 08, 2012 as in his book my friend the mercenary brabazon will be recalling how his unlikely friendship with nick du toit came into being on the bloody battlefields of the liberian civil war and how this. Describes how an unlikely friendship forged between the author, a british journalist, and nick du toit, his bodyguard and a notorious mercenary, during liberias civil war led to a covert plot. His adventures both in the military and as a mercenary are revealed slowly throughout the novel. Brabazons memoir my friend the mercenary recounts his experiences of the.
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