{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5eb2ec99ca791fe17f6feae0/68a7774f352b565deb4520cf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vulture: a novel, with Phoebe Greenwood","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5eb2ec99ca791fe17f6feae0/1755805169645-cefbf5cc-b8e6-40b8-b12c-02273e1e64d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>Catch-22</em>&nbsp;on speed and set in the Middle East,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.europaeditions.co.uk/book/9781787705791/vulture\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vulture</em>&nbsp;</a>is a fast-paced, brilliant satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots.</p><p><br></p><p>An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza. The four-star hotel is a global media hub, promising safety and generator-powered internet, with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world’s media, even as their homes and families are under threat.</p><p><br></p><p>Sara is determined to launch herself as a star correspondent. So, when her fixer Nasser refuses to set up the dangerous story she thinks will win her a front page, she turns instead to Fadi, the youngest member of a powerful militant family. Driven by demons and disappointments, Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself in this war, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/pagreenwood?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Phoebe Greenwood</a>’s debut novel brings readers into the heart of the maelstrom, and with audacity and humour depicts the media’s complicity in the ongoing tragedy. (Europa Editions)</p><p><br></p><p>Phoebe meets Jack at <a href=\"https://www.hiba-express.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hiba Express</a>, on High Holborn in Central London.</p><p><br></p><p>Please feel free to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians: www.map.org.uk</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Follow and subscribe to The Booking Club:</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@bookingclubpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@bookingclubpod</a></p><p>Twitter/X:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/bookingclubpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@bookingclubpod</a></p><p>Blue Sky: <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y6w4mjbcqlqpr3sb2qzmljpb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@bookingclubpod.bsky.social</a></p><p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bookingclubpod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@bookingclubpod</a></p><p>TikTok:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bookingclubpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@bookingclubpod</a></p>","author_name":"Jack Aldane"}