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As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade

Mark Thomas

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Published by Ebury Press, part of Ebury Publishing

Format: Paperback

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EAN: 9780091909222
Published: 5 Apr 2007

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Synopsis

Mark Thomas is one of the UK's most effective and best-known political activists, as well as being a highly successful stand-up comedian. His show, The Mark Thomas Product, ran for six highly acclaimed series on Channel Four. Amazingly, this is his first book.

As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela is a deeply funny, deeply disturbing account of Mark's rampage through the arms trade. Under a fairly flimsy disguise and with the use of some worryingly poor accents, Mark 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 the sharpness of his 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.

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What the critics say

John Pilger with laughs
- Guardian

Thomas, in essence, is a brilliant investigative journalist disguised as an angry, shouty comedian ... very funny indeed
- Daily Telegraph

A genuine eye-opener
- Mail on Sunday

Courageous book ... A humorous yet heartfelt polemic ... Thomas' revelations are riveting
- Independent

Thomas's investigations are gripping
- Daily Telegraph

His outrage translates brilliantly on the page ... Profoundly disturbing, even moving but ultimately the main thing is it's a hugely entertaining read
- City FM

Intelligent, funny and disturbing
- TNT Magazine

Deeply funny, deeply disturbing ... a shockingly entertaining read
- Notion

Rude, funny, furious
- New Internationalist

His self deprecating humour laces a blistering criticism of the network of government fibs and gaping legal loopholes facilitating horrific acts
- Observer

About the Author

Mark Thomas has been a comedian and activist for over twenty years. His campaigning brand of comedy - spanning TV, stage and print - has been a thorn in the side of many politicians and corporations, and has resulted in him being awarded a UN Global Human rights Defender Award and a Kurdish National Congress Medal of Honour amongst other citations.This is his first book.

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