"Brave, funny and beautifully written." - Martin McDonagh, writer and directorCatch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots, and a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel.An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza. The four-star hotel is a global media hub, promising safety and generator-powered internet, with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world's media, even as their own homes and families are under threat.Sara is determined to launch her career as a star correspondent. So, when her fixer Nasser refuses to set up the dangerous story she thinks will win her a front page, she turns instead to Fadi, the youngest member of a powerful militant family. Driven by the demons of her entitled yet damaging childhood, Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself in this war, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.Greenwood's debut novel brings readers into the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and with audacity and humour depicts the media's complicity in this ongoing tragedy.

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Phoebe Greenwood is a writer and journalist living in London. Between 2010 and 2013, she was a Jerusalem-based stringer covering the Middle East for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times. From 2013, she was a staff editor and correspondent at the Guardian specialising in foreign affairs. When she left the paper in 2021, she was an Assistant Editor. She was also a host on Vice News Tonight HBO. She is currently the Europe Editor at Hyphen.

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A darkly funny, heart-wrenching satire that tears through the guts of the war news industry

"Vulture is a dark satire with real claws."-The Independent

"A novel of honesty, humour and sadness told with great verve."-Fergal Keane, author of The Madness

"Imagine Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag as a war correspondent and you'd get Sara, the cynical and raunchy antiheroine of Vulture... a daring dark comedy."-NPR

"Brave, funny and beautifully written."-Martin McDonagh, writer and director

"Martha Gelhorn meets Martin Amis."-Michael Hodges, writer and journalist

Catch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots, and a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel.

An ambitious young journalist, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza, a global hub with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world's media, even as their own homes and family are under threat. Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.