Charlie Johnson In The Flames
Author: Michael Ignatieff
Charlie Johnson is a veteran war correspondent who thinks he has seen it all – until he makes one rash expedition into a war zone in the Balkans. Horrified, he watches as a woman who sheltered him is set on fire. As he tries to save her, he too is caught in the deadly fire that engulfs her. From then on, his life is consumed by the mission to find the man who did it – caug….Read More
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