Review:
A quietly intense and acutely distressing account ... Bergner [is] a gifted reportet. -- David Caute, Spectator
A rare book indeed ... a journey in which both author and reader are irrevocably changed. -- Sunday Times
Bergner introduces missionaries, mercenaries, mechanics, medics and regular military, whose innocent optimism ... is heartbreakingly moving. -- The Times
Blessed with the rare gifts of tremendously tidy prose alongside an exquisite turn of phrase ... a genuinely emotional journey. -- Observer
Daniel Bergner is a brave man and he has written an extraordinarily good book. -- Rian Malan
In the finest Orwellian tradition, Soldiers of Light will discomfit readers across the political spectrum. -- Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Riveting, elegiac... genius. -- The Guardian
[An] enthralling, often moving account. -- Sunday Times
About the Author:
Daniel Bergner is an acclaimed journalist. Based in Manhattan, he has travelled throughout Africa, from Liberia to Sudan, and is a contributor to Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, and the New Yorker. Soldiers of Light won an Overseas Press Club Award for international reporting and was named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times. It has recently been longlisted for the Lettres Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage.
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