This is a biography of influential Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932-2007), whose reportage on conflicts in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas earned him a global readership and his writing the appellation of "magic journalism," a somewhat two-sided compliment perhaps, considering the criticism he received for embellishing and inventing events in his journalistic writing. Domoslawski, a fellow award-winning journalist, seeks to reconstruct the truth behind the life and writing of Kapuscinski, as well as his political and literary evolution. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)