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Live Online Talk 👉 #RussiasManOfWar: The Extraordinary #ViktorBout

🗓 29 April | 🕖 7–8pm | 🎤 Live Q&A

Is the ‘Merchant of Death’ back in business?

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Russia’s Man of War — the arms-dealing story of Viktor Bout Cathy Scott-Clark’s thriller-like account packs in intrigue, an international manhunt — and a risky US-Russia prisoner swap

‘A story thrillingly and way too amusingly told … Cathy Scott-Clark’s thriller-like account packs in intrigue, an international manhunt — and a risky #US-#Russia prisoner swap.’
#RussiasManOfWar gets a stellar review in @financialtimes.com ⭐
️ www.ft.com/content/e498...

#RussiasManOfWar: The Extraordinary #ViktorBout by Cathy Scott-Clark is out today!

An intrepid reporter’s fast-paced investigation into the extraordinary life of Viktor Bout, the much-mythologised #Russian fixer known as the ‘Merchant of Death’.

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Author photo of Clark-Scott, middle-aged Caucasian woman with sunglasses on her head, and her book cover showing Vicktor Bout as a soldier with a rifle over this head.

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#RussiasManOfWar by Cathy Scott-Clark is an intrepid reporter’s fast-paced investigation into the extraordinary life of Viktor Bout, the much-mythologised #Russian fixer known as the ‘#MerchantOfDeath’. PRE-ORDER HERE tinyurl.com/2abz9zxt