Gun Baby Gun
A Bloody Journey into the World of the Gun
There are almost one billion guns across the globe today – more than ever before. There are 12 billion bullets produced every year – almost two bullets for every person on this earth.
The gun's impact is long-reaching and often hidden. And it doesn't just involve the dead, the wounded, the suicidal and the mourning. It involves us all. The pain caused by a gunshot does not end with the pulling of the trigger. That is just the beginning.
Gun Baby Gun took me on a journey to over 25 countries, from Cape Town to Tokyo, from San Pedro Sula to Phnom Penh. Meeting people affected by guns from all walks of life, I found some hard truths about the terrible realities of war and gun crime.
Shortlisted for the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger, 2015
Reviews
A brilliantly researched journey, capturing the gun's strangely accepted place in human life and, far too often, death
Jon Snow
A gripping book that's as disturbing as it is enlightening
Charlie Burton, GQ
Adventurous, ambitiously tracing the often devastating impact of guns around the world
Financial Times
Chilling . . . relentlessly engrossing
The Spectator
A passionate mix of rhetoric and travelogue, Overton's book takes the gun debate into impressive new territory.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review of The Way of the Gun)