Killing My Own Snakes
01 August 2013Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
'Gloriously funny . . . unfailingly entertaining' – Mail on Sunday
'What worlds she's seen, what a life she's had – at long last, the memoirs of the fearless, witty, indomitable Ann Leslie' – Deborah Moggach
She has been shot at by Bosnian snipers, been pursued by Robert Mugabe’s notorious secret police, filed from the North Korean border, propositioned by both Salvador...
Details
01 August 2013464 pages
9781447249061Imprint: Pan
Reviews
A smashing tale of history and handbags and the role of the bra in a danger zoneThe Independent on Sunday
Dame Ann Leslie is one of the greatest journalists of her generation. This is a masterpiece – always self-deprecating, always exciting, always wittyA.N. Wilson
A vivid, absorbing book which, like Leslie's best journalism, conveys what it's like to live through wars, civil conflicts, oppression and historic changeThe Guardian
A marvellous memoir of great insight and wit from one of Britain's most formidable and accomplished journalistsAndrew Neil
