The Man Who Went to War
A Reporter's Memoir from Libya and the Arab Uprising
Almost a decade since deciding to give up war reporting full-time, and at the unexpected prodding of his wife, award-winning journalist Patrick Graham travels to the heart of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring. He delivers a story by turns harrowing and comic, rich in both dramatic, on-the-ground reportage and historical detail, of a nation on the brink of transformation.
“If you’re a recovering journalist listening to reports of a distant war on the radio, then you know, with the kind of arrogant certainty that sometimes irritates your wife, what you would be doing during these moments because you’re already there in your head. . . . I may have been at home in my kitchen wearing an apron, but…
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August 21, 2012Patrick Graham is a freelance writer based in Toronto. He has been published in numerous British, American and Canadian publications and received the Kurt Schork Award from Columbia University and The Overseas Press Club of America Award for foreign magazine reporting. Afghan Luke, a film starring Nick Stahl and Lewis Black, which he co-wrote, had its North American premiere at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Graham has an M.A in Classics from Dalhousie University.
