Means of Escape

“A riveting memoir of years of living dangerously” by the journalist and New York Times –bestselling author of A Rumor of War ( Kirkus Reviews ). As a journalist, Philip Caputo has covered many of the world’s troubles, and in Means of Escape , he reveals in moving and clear-eyed prose how he made himself into a writer, traveler, and observer with the nerve to put himself at the center of conflict. As a young reporter he investigated the Mafia in Chicago, earning acclaim as well as threats agains