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As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade
by Mark Thomas - £12.99 Ebury Press (2007)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9780091909222 | ISBN 10: 0091909228
A deeply funny, deeply distrubing account of one man's rampage through the murky world of the arms trade.
Both a highly successful stand-up comedian and one of the UK's most effective and best-known political activists, Mark Thomas set off on a journey of discovery in the company of arms dealers, torture victims, politicians, cops, crusties and geeks. The result is a shockingly entertaining read.
Embedded within Mark's sharp, abrasive humour is the truth of an industry fraught with loopholes, complacency and greed; that allows corrupt regimes to kill, maim and displace, but whose deals are often subsidised by the British taxpayer.
Hard-hitting, laugh-out loud funny and extremely unsettling, As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela is never anything less than compulsive.
(Price & availability last checked: June 2018)
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