'First we Take Seoul, then we Take Ankara'

Today I received an email from the Kimizi Kedi Publishing House. They want to put out a Turkish edition of Global Gangland. This is of course incredibly flattering. Who does not want to be published in Turkey? My friend Andrew Collins is something of an established literary name in Turkey and I remember seeing the beautiful Turkish editions of his works.

However, given the rights situation with Global Gangland, I had to let Kimizi Kedi know that as much as I would be delighted to authorise them as my Turkish publisher, it was beyond my power to make happen. This is a shame. I would love to be able to say: 'First we take Seoul, then we take Ankara.'

It is becoming clearer that I need a new agent. Not just so I can say: 'Talk to my agent about it', but so I am always in the situation to say yes to offers I would relish taking up. The core elements of Global Gangland for me were being able to provide a voice to marginalized victims and to highlight how anti- libertarian laws and inequality create forces that impact on us all. Talking about how the biggest crime and injustice is tolerating systems that perpetuate poverty is worth saying in any language. To remove all barriers to me doing just that is why I need a new agent.