No Place for Journalists
Hilary Mantel, 1 October 1987
The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom
by Sandra Mackey.
Harrap, 433 pp., £12.95, August 1987,0 245 54592 1 Show More
by Sandra Mackey.
Harrap, 433 pp., £12.95, August 1987,
Behind the Wall: A Journey through China
by Colin Thubron.
Heinemann, 308 pp., £10.95, September 1987,0 434 77988 1 Show More
by Colin Thubron.
Heinemann, 308 pp., £10.95, September 1987,
“... bosom on view. As a matter of honour, arms, legs and faces must be covered up; so must facts. Sandra Mackey spent two periods in Saudi Arabia: 1978-80, and 1982-84. Her husband was on the staff of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh – the scene of VIP accouchements, and a discreet refuge for the odd royal alcoholic or drug addict. Riyadh ... ”
