"David Wilson has lived a life and a half. I was proud to play a minor role in War Child, an organisation in which David was inspirational. The broken world needed people like David then; it still does and it always will." (Sir Tom Stoppard)

"David Wilson is an adventurer and a free-thinker who ... did something truly useful with his life. His stubborn and yet self-effacing commitment to his ideals carried him through many daunting situations, and his sense of humour kept him able to see the funny side." (Brian Eno)

A literary memoir from David Wilson – co-founder of War Child, lifelong political activist, and eventual whistleblower on the very charity he helped to create.