The Walk

Author:   Peter Barry
Publisher:   New Internationalist Publications Ltd
ISBN:  

9781780263946


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 May 2017
Format:   Paperback
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A provocative and unsettling novel about the morality of charity, the media and public relations It is 1987, two years after Live Aid and PR expert Adrian Burles, working with charity Africa Assist has a Big Idea that he thinks will keep Ethiopian hunger in the headlines and touch heartstrings (and purse strings) of people in the West. Aided by Anne Chaffey, an experienced nurse who has worked at the famine frontline for many years, he locates a young, malnourished Afar man called Mujtabaa wandering alone in the desert and flies him back to London. The world's media are then invited to witness a skeletal Mujtabaa making a week-long walk from Heathrow to a rally in Trafalgar Square. In fundraising terms, this is a great success-but the ethics of the exercise, the human impact on all concerned, and the ultimate result, are all profoundly to be questioned.

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Author:   Peter Barry
Publisher:   New Internationalist Publications Ltd
Imprint:   New Internationalist Publications Ltd
ISBN:  

9781780263946


ISBN 10:   1780263945
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 May 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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'Barry writes with such awe-inspiring authority... Intelligent, provocative entertainment at its best.' Erotic Review; 'Peter Barry is a talented writer with a gift for comedy.' Transnational Literature


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Peter Barry was born in England, brought up in Scotland and now lives in Australia. He is the author of two other novels, I Hate Martin Amis Et Al and We All Fall Down and has had many short stories published in literary journals. He was shortlisted for Australia Book Review's Calibre essay prize. He has been a copywriter in both the UK and Australia and has written three corporate books.

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