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Published by Weinstein Books
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Marie Colvin, described by her peers as "the greatest war
correspondent of her generation," was killed in a rocket attack in
February 2012 while reporting on the desperate suffering of
civilians inside Syria's besieged Homs. Under the Wire is
war photographer Paul Conroy's gripping, visceral, and moving
account of his friendship with Marie and in particular the final
year he spent working alongside her. When Marie and Paul were smuggled into Syria by rebel forces,
they found themselves trapped in one of the most hellish
neighborhoods on earth. Marie was tragically killed by a rocket
that also blew a hole in Paul's thigh big enough for him to put
his hand through. Bleeding profusely, short of food and water, and
in excruciating pain, Paul then endured five days of intense
bombardment before being evacuated in a daring escape involving a
motorbike ride through a tunnel, crawling through enemy terrain
and, finally climbing a 10-foot-high wall. Astonishingly vivid, heart-stoppingly dramatic and shot through
with dark humor, Under the Wire shows what it means to be
a war reporter in the 21st century. Paul Conroy's is a story of
two people drawn together by a shared compulsion to bear witness. pub date: 2013-10-08 | Hardcover | 9781602862364 |
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