The three central characters are surrounded by a vivid supporting cast of would-be reformers, cynical journalists, and sometimes sinister hangers-on.

Want to ferret out the romantic in the most sardonic, cynical journalist?

The cynical journalist in the car was more stoic.

They said, in so many words: "All these other cynical journalists have turned themselves into mere shills for this politician.

Barcome recalls inviting one cynical journalist, a former football player, to join him in throwing 10 or 20 stones one day.

A cynical journalist told him, 'Not a gin and tonic'.

Simon was surprised by how many of the normally cynical journalists called out, "Good luck" and "Bring our boys home."

A beautifully researched life of the high-living, cynical journalist who helped cover up Stalin's atrocities in the 1930's.

Bartley thrives - or thinks he does - in a claque of breezy, cynical journalists.

"Unfortunately even the most beautiful love stories finish," he scrawled, and brought a tear to the eye of even the most cynical journalists.