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A NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

A searing portrait of Britain''s hostile environment by the journalist behind the Windrush exposé.

''A timely reminder of what truly great journalists can achieve.''
DAVID OLUSOGA
''[Gentleman''s] reporting proves why an independent press is so vital.''
RENI EDDO-LODGE
''A book that keeps you informed and makes you angry.''
GARY YOUNGE
''It is impossible to overstate the importance of this heartbreaking book.''
JAMES O''BRIEN
How do you pack for a one-way journey back to a country you left when you were eleven and have not visited for fifty years?

Amelia Gentleman's exposé of the Windrush scandal - where thousands of British citizens were wrongly classified as illegal immigrants with life-shattering consequences - shocked the nation and led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary. Here, Gentleman tells the full story for the first time.

''Essential . . . a damning indictment.''
SIR LENNY HENRY

''Gentleman boldly chronicles the devastating reality of a scandal that illegalised, imbruted and abandoned British citizens.''
DAVID LAMMY MP

''I''m thankful for the truth and hope [. . .] in Amelia Gentleman''s The Windrush Betrayal.''
ALI SMITH
''A devastating account.''
CLAIRE TOMALIN
A NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

A searing portrait of Britain''s hostile environment by the journalist behind the Windrush exposé.

''A timely reminder of what truly great journalists can achieve.''
DAVID OLUSOGA
''[Gentleman''s] reporting proves why an independent press is so vital.''
RENI EDDO-LODGE
''A book that keeps you informed and makes you angry.''
GARY YOUNGE
''It is impossible to overstate the importance of this heartbreaking book.''
JAMES O''BRIEN
How do you pack for a one-way journey back to a country you left when you were eleven and have not visited for fifty years?

Amelia Gentleman's exposé of the Windrush scandal - where thousands of British citizens were wrongly classified as illegal immigrants with life-shattering consequences - shocked the nation and led to the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary. Here, Gentleman tells the full story for the first time.

''Essential . . . a damning indictment.''
SIR LENNY HENRY

''Gentleman boldly chronicles the devastating reality of a scandal that illegalised, imbruted and abandoned British citizens.''
DAVID LAMMY MP

''I''m thankful for the truth and hope [. . .] in Amelia Gentleman''s The Windrush Betrayal.''
ALI SMITH
''A devastating account.''
CLAIRE TOMALIN
Über den Autor

Amelia Gentleman is a reporter for the Guardian newspaper. She was named journalist of the year (Press Gazette) and won the 2018 Paul Foot journalism award for her reportage on the Windrush scandal, which led to the downfall of the Home Secretary and the government loosening its 'hostile environment' policy for migrants. She has also won the Orwell Prize and Feature Writer of the Year in the British Press Awards. Previously, she was Delhi correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, and Paris and Moscow correspondent for the Guardian.
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Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Journalistik/Presse/Film/Funk/TV
Genre: Importe, Medienwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: XII
340 S.
8 Bildtaf.
ISBN-13: 9781783351855
ISBN-10: 1783351853
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gentleman, Amelia
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Guardian Faber Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 131 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Amelia Gentleman
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,299 kg
Artikel-ID: 118186088

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