Lost Horizons

Living life on the edgethe memoir of a legendary AP war correspondent.This is the remarkable life story of Denis D. Gray, born Zdenek Mecir in communist Czechoslovakia, who went on to a celebrated career as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press.From the front lines of the Vietnam War and the "e;Killing Fields"e; of Cambodia to foxholes in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gray chronicles eight decades of upheaval and resilience in this highly personal memoir. He reflects on a world of relentless change and fleeting beauty, torn between the urge to seek a quiet refugea "e;lost horizon"e; of peaceand the irresistible pull of life on the edge."e;In Lost Horizons, I try to make sense of it all as best I can. I tell my story and those of othersnot only people but cities, countries and conflictsthrough imperfect eyes. I chose not to present these accounts as a strictly chronological narrative but by subject and theme. In so doing, I hope to have captured the unique period in history during which I lived, loved and lost."e; Denis D. Gray