THE QUIET CORRESPONDENT : There’s a Thin Line between a Journalist and a Spy
THE QUIET CORRESPONDENT : There’s a Thin Line between a Journalist and a Spy
Shyam Bhatia
- Publication date : 12 January 2026
- Print length : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9353455448
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353455446
When Amol Batty, a war reporter with a conscience, uncovers secrets powerful governments would rather keep buried, he finds himself drawn into a web of deception that stretches from London to Beirut, Jerusalem and the Balkans. Torn between loyalty and integrity, Amol must decide whether to serve the story or to become a part of it.
Inspired by award-winning foreign correspondent Shyam Bhatia’s decades as The Observer’s frontline reporter, The Quiet Correspondent explores the moral price of witnessing history being made and the personal cost of knowing too much.
A taut, sharply written novel of conscience and intrigue, The Quiet Correspondent is as relevant today as when the first stories of disinformation and deep-state manipulation began to surface.
When Amol Batty, a war reporter with a conscience, uncovers secrets powerful governments would rather keep buried, he finds himself drawn into a web of deception that stretches from London to Beirut, Jerusalem and the Balkans. Torn between loyalty and integrity, Amol must decide whether to serve the story or to become a part of it.
Inspired by award-winning foreign correspondent Shyam Bhatia’s decades as The Observer’s frontline reporter, The Quiet Correspondent explores the moral price of witnessing history being made and the personal cost of knowing too much.
A taut, sharply written novel of conscience and intrigue, The Quiet Correspondent is as relevant today as when the first stories of disinformation and deep-state manipulation began to surface.
Author Bios:
Shyam Bhatia is a foreign correspondent currently living in London and previously operating out of Cairo, Beirut, Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. He has been the Middle East correspondent and diplomatic editor ofThe Observer, the US correspondent and foreign editor of theDeccan Heraldand editor ofAsian Affairsmagazine. In 1994, he was selected as Foreign Journalist of the Year in the annual British Press Awards. He is currently the London correspondent forThe Tribune. He is the author ofIndia’s Nuclear Bomb(1979),Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East(1988),Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun(1999),Goodbye Shahzadi(2008) andBullets and Bylines(2016).
Shyam Bhatia is a foreign correspondent currently living in London and previously operating out of Cairo, Beirut, Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. He has been the Middle East correspondent and diplomatic editor ofThe Observer, the US correspondent and foreign editor of theDeccan Heraldand editor ofAsian Affairsmagazine. In 1994, he was selected as Foreign Journalist of the Year in the annual British Press Awards. He is currently the London correspondent forThe Tribune. He is the author ofIndia’s Nuclear Bomb(1979),Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East(1988),Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun(1999),Goodbye Shahzadi(2008) andBullets and Bylines(2016).
