{"product_id":"what-on-earth-can-go-wrong","title":"What on Earth Can Go Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A funny and personal account of life in the risk business’ \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"e2cac9c9-26cd-6075-b240-c7ad2ebb04c4\" data-wf-id='[\"e2cac9c9-26cd-6075-b240-c7ad2ebb04c4\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eAfter spending three decades advising multinational companies on  geopolitics and security crises, Richard Fenning knows all about danger and intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"dd4ce489-7fd2-3b06-84d4-44e477a1bc9a\" data-wf-id='[\"dd4ce489-7fd2-3b06-84d4-44e477a1bc9a\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eKidnappings, terrorist attacks, coups d’état, corruption scandals, cyber attacks, earthquakes and hurricanes were all in a day’s work in a career that coincided with the rise of China, the tumult of the Middle East wars, the resurgence of populism and the digital revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"61aa9861-2d58-d36e-cb5a-ad32cfa59d75\" data-wf-id='[\"61aa9861-2d58-d36e-cb5a-ad32cfa59d75\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eAmid chaos and upheaval, he also found humanity and humour. Often witty and always insightful, \u003cem data-w-id=\"459d2944-39be-35ad-b924-8247acce1357\" data-wf-id='[\"459d2944-39be-35ad-b924-8247acce1357\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eWhat on Earth Can Go Wrong\u003c\/em\u003e takes us from the battlefields of Iraq to the back streets of Bogotà, from the steamy Niger delta to the chill of Putin’s Moscow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"258b1de5-d26b-8b2e-edd6-d118eb327c3d\" data-wf-id='[\"258b1de5-d26b-8b2e-edd6-d118eb327c3d\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eIn a remarkable memoir of a life on the frazzled edge of globalisation, Fenning looks back with humanity and insight on the people and places he got to know, while offering some timely thoughts on the relationship between risk and fear in a profoundly volatile world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A fascinating insight into the space where politics and business meet, filled with wit and wisdom. Highly recommended’ \u003cstrong\u003eLord Sedwill, former UK Cabinet Secretary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A must-read for every student of geopolitics, amateur or academic, professional or private’ \u003cstrong\u003eSir Sherard Cowper-Coles, former British ambassador\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Take a spoonful of Evelyn Waugh, add a sprinkle of P.J. O’Rourke and garnish with a touch of Michael Palin. Fenning is not just wry, perceptive and informative: he is also laugh-out-loud funny, way more often than any CEO has a right to be’ \u003cstrong\u003eBoris Starling, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Official History of Britain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A really fun and informative read. He’s not only got some great stories to tell, he does so in a very human and engaging way’ \u003cstrong\u003eChristian Hunt, \u003cem\u003eH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003euman Risk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliant, compelling, genre-bending book: part-memoir, part-travelogue, part-political analysis, it is, above all, a fascinating treatise on the risk business’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOff the Pitch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"258b1de5-d26b-8b2e-edd6-d118eb327c3d\" data-wf-id='[\"258b1de5-d26b-8b2e-edd6-d118eb327c3d\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Eye Books (March 2021)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785632242\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32541851353150,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/Screenshot2025-11-13at12.43.16.png?v=1763037982","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/what-on-earth-can-go-wrong","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}