Gun Baby Gun

A Bloody Journey into the World of the Gun

Iain Overton

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English

Canongate Classics
24 February 2016

Prose: non-fiction; History; Violence in society

In some places, it's easier to get a gun than a glass of water. In some places, you are allowed to carry concealed firearms into schools. In some places, there are more guns than people to shoot them. There are almost one billion guns across the globe today - more than ever before. Every minute of every day, someone somewhere is shot. Gun Baby Gun is a hard-hitting and urgent investigation into the gun's lifespan, into our hugely complex relationship with firearms and their undeniable, long-reaching and often hidden impact. Along the way, award-winning journalist Iain Overton unearths some stark truths about the everyday human cost of gun crime.

By: Iain Overton
Imprint: Canongate Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9781782113454
ISBN 10: 1782113452
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 24 February 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Iain Overton is Director of Investigations at the London-based charity Action on Armed Violence and an award-winning investigative journalist who has worked in over eighty countries around the world. Reporting from the killing zones of Columbia, Iraq and Somalia, as a filmmaker he directed documentaries for the BBC, ITN and Al Jazeera, as well as working with the Guardian, the Independent and the Sunday Times. His journalism has won a Peabody Award, two Amnesty Awards and a BAFTA Scotland, among others. He was also founding editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Gun Baby Gun is his first book. Follow @iainoverton on Twitter #GunBabyGun www.gunbabygun.com

Reviews for Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey into the World of the Gun

* A brilliantly researched journey, capturing the gun's strangely accepted place in human life and, far too often, death -- JON SNOW * A gripping book that's as disturbing as it is enlightening -- Charlie Burton GQ * A shocking book about the terrible realities of war and weapons Scotland's Sunday Mail Relentlessly engrossing... The Spectator * Shocking... Overton has supped full of horrors and is not reticent about sharing them Newsweek * Adventurous...thoughtful... contains moments of great poignancy Financial Times * Iain Overton's starkly controlled prose allows us an insight into the emotions that come when we witness a shooting, and puts a human face on what often becomes just another statistic... one of the most thought-provoking books you'll read this year The National