Human Cargo
  • Published: 15 January 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784703615
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $32.99

Human Cargo

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15 Jan 2016
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A Journey with Refugees - a new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisis

A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisis

How can society cope with the diaspora of the twenty-first century?

Is there a difference between ‘good’ asylum seekers and ‘bad’ economic migrants?

What happens to those whose applications are turned down?

Caroline Moorehead has visited war zones, camps and prisons from Guinea and Afghanistan to Australia and Italy. She has interviewed emigration officials and members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees while investigating the fates of the millions of people currently displaced from their homes. Human Cargo is both a remarkable exploration into the current crisis and a celebration of the courage of ordinary people.
  • Published: 15 January 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784703615
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Caroline Moorehead

Caroline Moorehead is the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo and Martha Gellhorn. Her book on the French Resistance, Village of Secrets, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2014. Her most recent book, A Bold and Dangerous Family, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award. She lives in London.

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Also by Caroline Moorehead

Edda Mussolini
A House in the Mountains
A Bold and Dangerous Family
Village of Secrets
A Train in Winter
Dancing to the Precipice
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Praise for Human Cargo

A shattering book, meticulously researched, humane and utterly heartbreaking

Observer

Heartbreaking... Urgent… Terrifying

Guardian

This is one of those books that will sooner or later change the future

Sunday Times

Strong in its condemnations and unflinching in its gaze, Human Cargo is also, mercifully, rich in humanity and examples of the indomitable nature of the human spirit

Independent on Sunday

Caroline Moorehead knows how to grip the reader’s attention and haunt their dreams

Sunday Telegraph

Strong in its condemnations and unflinching in its gaze, Human Cargo is also, mercifully, rich in humanity and examples of the indomitable nature of the human spirit

Independent on Sunday

Read this compelling and important book

Scotsman

Wide-ranging, generous and humane

Irish Times

Clear sighted...urgent

Guardian

Remarkable, balanced, intelligent

Daily Telegraph

Compelling...a deft mixture of history, travelogue and reportage. A powerful, heartfelt and important book

Literary Review

Her ability to tell stories gives this book its power

Economist

Caroline Moorehead knows how to grip the reader's attention and haunt their dreams

Sunday Telegraph
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