Death of a Translator: A young reporter's journey to the heart of Afghanistan's forgotten war

"Death of a Translator" is a powerful and personal account of war, written by P. J. O Rourke, that captures the personal experience and aftermath of war. It follows the story of Ed Gorman, a young Englishman who makes a fateful commitment to a swashbuckling Afghan guerrilla commander and experiences combat with men whose only interest is to be killed or martyred. The book is a searingly honest description of a mind haunted and eventually paralysed by the terror of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 14 April 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

A young, daring Englishman who is covering the Soviet war makes a solemn pledge to a daring Afghan guerrilla leader. Not only will he sneak into the city covertly and reside in the network of safe houses operated by the resistance, but he will also drive around the city in a Soviet Army jeep while posing as a Russian officer.

Ed Gorman waits in the mountain camp, from where Niazuldin's band of fighters lived and planned their hit-and-run attacks on Soviet troops, and discovers what it means to experience combat with men whose only interest is to be killed or martyred.

After that summer in Kabul province, the young freelancer became a staff reporter for The Times, covering conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Gulf, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Balkans, but Afghanistan never let him go.

Death of a Translator is a searingly honest account of a mind haunted and eventually paralyzed by the terror of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Death of a Translator is a powerful and personal read. Ed Gorman discusses his experiences in an incredibly open and moving way. His story is an example to us all - Brigadier Ed Butler CBE, DSO. With a new preface by Ed Gorman

Weight: 230g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911350354