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Unreasonable Behaviour
  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409001805
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

Unreasonable Behaviour

An Autobiography




'McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about.' - Times Literary Supplement

'He has known all forms of fear, he's an expert in it. He has come back from God knows how many brinks, all different. His experience in a Ugandan prison alone would be enough to unhinge another man - like myself, as a matter of fact - for good. He has been forfeit more times than he can remember, he says. But he is not bragging. Talking this way about death and risk, he seems to be implying quite consciously that by testing his luck each time, he is testing his Maker's indulgence' - John le Carre

'McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about' - The Times

'From the opening...there is hardly a dull sentence: his prose is so lively and uninhibited... An excellent book' - Sunday Telegraph

'Unsparing reminiscences that effectively combine the bittersweet life of a world-class photojournalist with a generous selection of his haunting lifework... A genuinely affecting memoir that reckons the cost and loss involved in making one's way on the cutting edge of conflict' - Kirkus Reviews

'If this was just a book of McCullin's war photographs it would be valuable enough. But it is much more' - Sunday Correspondent

  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409001805
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

About the author

Don McCullin

Don McCullin grew up in north London. He worked for the Sunday Times for eighteen years and covered every major conflict in his adult lifetime until the Falklands War. The finest British photojournalist of his generation, he has received many honours and awards including a CBE. He received a knighthood in the 2017 New Year honours list. He lives in Somerset.

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Praise for Unreasonable Behaviour

He has known all forms of fear, he's an expert in it. He has come back from God knows how many brinks, all different. His experience in a Ugandan prison alone would be enough to unhinge another man - like myself, as a matter of fact - for good. He has been forfeit more times than he can remember, he says. But he is not bragging. Talking this way about death and risk, he seems to be implying quite consciously that by testing his luck each time, he is testing his Maker's indulgence.

John le Carré

If this was just a book of McCullin's war photographs it would be valuable enough. But it is much more.

Sunday Correspondent

From the opening...there is hardly a dull sentence: his prose is so lively and uninhibited... An excellent book.

Sunday Telegraph

If anyone is the living embodiment of the power of a photo, it is Don McCullin.

Christina Lamb, Sunday Times

This is a great book not just for those with an interest in photography, but also for those with an interest in modern history.

Oliver Atwell, Amateur Photographer

The story of [McCullin’s] life and work is recounted here in modest yet thrilling prose alongside some of his most iconic images.

Dan Lewis, World Travel Guide

Harrowing as sections of McCullin’s work can be, his story makes fascinating reading.

What Digital Camera

From the opening...there is hardly a dull sentence: his prose is so lively and uninhibited... An excellent book

Sunday Telegraph

If this was just a book of McCullin's war photographs it would be valuable enough. But it is much more

Sunday Correspondent

McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about

Times Saturday Supplement

McCullin...handles much of the material culled from his war experiences like a seasoned thriller writer. His dialogue is convincing and sharp

Observer

Unsparing reminiscences that effectively combine the bittersweet life of a world-class photojournalist with a generous selection of his haunting lifework... A genuinely affecting memoir that reckons the cost and loss involved in making one's way on the cutting edge of conflict

Kirkus Reviews