Reports from Hell, Chas Smith
Reports from Hell, Chas Smith
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Reports from Hell

Author: Chas Smith

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/09/2020


Synopsis

A gonzo ride through war-torn Yemen as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell and Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair, could provide. Follow Smith and his misfit band of merrymakers as they search for the true origins of Al Qaeda and endeavor to ride the unsurfed waves of Yemen all while exploring the slim opportunities for fun in the margins of our global war on terror and at any cost—even if it means eventual kidnapping by Hezbollah.

About Chas Smith

Chas Smith is the author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction.

Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan, and Colombia, which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV.

After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf journalism where he was a featured writer at the brash Stab before becoming editor at large at Surfing Magazine. There he developed a reputation as the most controversial voices in the space. Matt Warshaw, author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing, calls him, "Bright and hyper-ironic." William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days, says that Chas, " . . . calls it like he sees it and in surfing that's not usually the case."

Chas Smith is the co-owner of a surf website, BeachGrit.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Reader on November 02, 2024

The 1st half, about their 1st trip to Yemen is a wonderful piece of engaging writing that anyone would enjoy, as is the telling of the Lebanon kidnapping, but the second half is much poorer, boring in places and lacking the energy and entertainment of earlier…......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on March 22, 2023

It’s quiet a good light read, I have never surfed so my opinion isn’t biased but people don’t seem to like the author. The book alone is fun, but the faff around it makes the surfing scene seem full of egos and divas.......more

Goodreads review by Graham on November 01, 2024

Incredible......more

Goodreads review by Shortsman on October 31, 2024

It's exciting, but he's not exactly the best writer. I wish he had more stories condensed into one book, since this one is short and he has more books anyways.......more