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Biography for John McCarthy As a journalist in television news John McCarthy was sent on his first foreign assignment to Beirut in 1986 aged twenty-nine. His career was abruptly cut short by militiamen who kidnapped and held him captive for five and half years. Since his release he has written four books - Some Other Rainbow (with Jill Morrell), about his hostage years, Island Race (with Sandi Toksvig), an account of their circumnavigation of Britain, and Between Extremes (with Brian Keenan), a journey through Chile and his latest, A Ghost Upon Your Path. John McCarthy continues to work in both radio and television. Biography for Brian Keenan Brian Keenan is a writer and poet. AN EVIL CRADLING is the story of his four years' captivity in Beirut and is recognized as a non-fiction classic. He is also the author of a travel book, BETWEEN EXTREMES with John McCarthy, and a novel, TULLOUGH.
During their four-year incarceration in a Lebanese prison, Keenan and McCarthy 'escaped' by taking imaginary journeys through the High Andes and the wilds of Patagonia. Five years after their return they travelled to the real thing, 'our Chilean fantasy', through deserts, plains and barren tundra, on a journey that symbolized freedom and friendship. (Kirkus UK)
