Vulture - Phoebe Greenwood

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. 

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

Key Selling Points:

• Bookshop events being planned around publications, London and beyond. 

• Film rights have been optioned by Romain Gavras at Iconoclast.

Target Readership:

• For fans of literary fiction and literary satire, social critique, world politics, geopolitics, conflict, western media, and fans of political thrillers and suspense novels.

• For readers interested in Middle Eastern politics.

• Comp titles: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman; The Quiet American by Graham Greene; Catch-22 by Robert Heller; The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen; the works of Ottessa Moshfegh and Christine Smallwood.