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Description for Dangerous Ground
Hardcover. Keywords: Autobiography, Roger Cook, crime. 242pp
In 25 years of investigative reporting, Roger Cook has been knocked unconscious a dozen times, hospitalized on almost 30 occasions, and has had 23 bones broken by those who have resented his ruthless persistence - or just objected to the fact that he exists at all. He was born 6 April 1943 in New Zealand. His father - a timid man afraid of attack from Japanese submarines rumoured to have been sighted in Auckland harbour - soon found refuge and a new start for his family in Sydney, Australia. If anything was going to prepare Roger Cook for what he ... Read more
In 25 years of investigative reporting, Roger Cook has been knocked unconscious a dozen times, hospitalized on almost 30 occasions, and has had 23 bones broken by those who have resented his ruthless persistence - or just objected to the fact that he exists at all. He was born 6 April 1943 in New Zealand. His father - a timid man afraid of attack from Japanese submarines rumoured to have been sighted in Auckland harbour - soon found refuge and a new start for his family in Sydney, Australia. If anything was going to prepare Roger Cook for what he ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Entertainment
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780002572101
SKU
KNW0010047
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Roger Cook
Roger Cook was born in 1943 in New Zealand. His family emigrated to Australia during the fifties, and he came to London, to work for the BBC, in 1968. He has lived in England ever since. In a bid to expose injustice and criminality, he created the Radio 4 programme 'Checkpoint', which developed into television's prime-time 'The Cook Report', which ... Read more
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