The Burning Land by Alagiah
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Alagiah was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to journalism. He was the author of two nonfiction books. In 2019, he wrote a novel, The Burning Land, set in South Africa.
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The Burning Land 272. by George Alagiah. View More | Editorial Reviews. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. The Burning Land 272.. George Alagiah is presenter of BBC News at Six, Britain's most watched news programme. That role followed ten years as a foreign correspondent, covering the 9/11 attacks on New York, the genocide in.
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Away from journalism, Alagiah's debut novel, The Burning Land - a thriller about corruption and killing in South Africa - was nominated in 2020 for a Society of Authors award recognising the best.
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The Burning Land is a thought provoking and eloquent piece of writing by renowned journalist George Alagiah. It explores the corruption and violence that still exists in South Africa in this post-apartheid era.
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'Gripping' Guardian'Pacy and stylish' Jeremy Vine 'It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more - but not this. Not murder.' South Africa has become a powder keg. Its precious land is being sold off to the highest bidders while the country's corrupt elite pocket the profits. As the dreams and hopes of its people are threatened, frustration turns to.
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The Burning Land ebook By George Alagiah. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability.. ISBN. 9781786897923. Author. George Alagiah. Publisher. Canongate Books. Release. 29 August 2019. Share. Subjects Fiction Thriller. Find this.
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Praise for George Alagiah: Courageous, controversial, compassionate-- "Daily Mail" A gripping tale of events spinning out of control in a country struggling to redefine itself-- "Guardian" As an insight into the machinations of life in a contemporary South Africa . . . it is a real eye-opener-- "Bookmunch" Combining fast-paced plotting with Alagiah's deep knowledge of the region, The Burning.
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"George Alagiah manages to give us the best of both worlds: an absorbing, pacy thriller with great political depth" Tahmima Anam "Combining fast-paced plotting with Alagiah's deep knowledge of the region, The Burning Land addresses the moral issues at the heart of the rainbow nation" daily Mail "Daring, jolting, prescient" Sizwe.
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The Burning Land by George Alagiah. 01/11/2019. BBC journalist George Alagiah brings has considerable knowledge to bear on his first work of fiction, a book that seeks to take the lid off the exploitation of Africa. While set in South Africa and very specifically about the history and circumstances of that country, he implies that the systemic.
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It is difficult to review George Alagiah (GA) as an author, when we have known him as a journalist and news reader. It seems that authorship is becoming fashionable among his peer group. The burning land is set in modern day South Africa. Given his background, GA knows that troubled land very well and his intimate knowledge permeates the book.
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George Alagiah, who has died aged 67, was the exemplar of someone who had seen first-hand events that they latterly recited from an Autocue.. Alagiah wrote The Burning Land, a thriller set in.
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George Alagiah is presenter of BBC News at Six, Britain's most watched news programme. That role followed ten years as a foreign correspondent, covering the 9/11 attacks on New York, the genocide in Rwanda, civil wars in Liberia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, and Nelson Mandela's presidency. He's won numerous awards, including The Royal.
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George's debut novel, called "The Burning Land", was released in the year 2019 and is a thriller. He has written some non-fiction books, too about his experiences being an immigrant in a new country. "A Passage to Africa" is the first non-fiction and was released in the year 2001. When George Alagiah emigrated with the rest of his.
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'Gripping' Guardian 'Pacy and stylish' Jeremy Vine 'It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more - but not this. Not murder.' South Africa has become a powder keg. Its precious land is being sold off to the highest bidders while the country's corrupt elite pocket the profits. As the dreams and hopes of its people are threatened, frustration turns to.