Kerry Pither » Dark Days http://kerrypither.com author • advocate • commentator Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:57:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 John le Carré reads, and likes, Dark Days http://kerrypither.com/2008/11/john-le-carre-reads-and-likes-dark-days/ http://kerrypither.com/2008/11/john-le-carre-reads-and-likes-dark-days/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:31:41 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=179 John le Carré, who has taken the time to read Dark Days, and to send an endorsement. Here's what he has to say:
Sober, well written and horrific. Grit your teeth and read. These are your rights too.
John le Carré most recently authored A Most Wanted Man, a book the Guardian says is 'one of the most sophisticated fictional responses to the war on terror yet published.']]> http://kerrypither.com/2008/11/john-le-carre-reads-and-likes-dark-days/feed/ 0 Dark Days chosen as a Quill and Quire “book of the year” http://kerrypither.com/2008/11/dark-days-chosen-as-a-quill-and-quire-book-of-the-year/ http://kerrypither.com/2008/11/dark-days-chosen-as-a-quill-and-quire-book-of-the-year/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:13:22 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=168 Quill and Quire, "Canada's magazine of book news and reviews," says Dark Days is "an essential book for our morally ambiguous times," and has chosen it as one of fifteen books (and one of four non-fiction books) to remember from 2008. ]]> http://kerrypither.com/2008/11/dark-days-chosen-as-a-quill-and-quire-book-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Toronto Star on the spin, and reality, of the Iacobucci report http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/toronto-star-on-the-spin-and-reality-of-the-iacobucci-report/ http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/toronto-star-on-the-spin-and-reality-of-the-iacobucci-report/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:24:14 +0000 kerry http://kerrypither.com/?p=144 Toronto Star's Haroon Siddiqui has written a column today about how the headlines don't match up with the reality of what's in the Iacobucci Inquiry's report. Siddiqui has nice things to say about my book, Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror too. "It is a compelling – and, as it turns out, accurate – account of the horrors they [the men] endured," he says. ]]> http://kerrypither.com/2008/10/toronto-star-on-the-spin-and-reality-of-the-iacobucci-report/feed/ 0