A gripping, no-holds-barred tale of war journalism and its deadly, darkly funny pitfalls

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

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 homes and families are under threat. Sara is determined to launch herself 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 demons and disappointments, 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 maelstrom, and with audacity and humour depicts the media’s complicity in the ongoing tragedy.

Phoebe Greenwood
Phoebe Greenwood is a writer and journalist who has covered British and foreign affairs for publications including the Guardian, the Spectator and the Sunday Times. She was based in Jerusalem as a Middle East stringer for the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian between 2010-2013 and a staff editor and correspondent at the Guardian in London from 2013-2021, where she continued to commission and file from Israel/Palestine. When she left the Guardian in 2021, she was Assistant Editor of the paper. She has also reported for France 24 and was a host on Vice News Tonight HBO. She is currently the Europe Editor of Hyphen.