In Not Quite Worlds End, Simpson offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and the changes the world has gone through in his life and long career. In it, he looks at the world and takes the perhaps surprising view that its actually not, nor will be, the end of the world. His vivid prose, his clear-sightedness, and the wonderful anecdotes about the many strange people and places he has come acrossfrom emperors to movie stars, from Chelsea to Chinaall add up to a richly satisfying read. And with his long experience and his remarkable ability to explain whats really going on out there, he offers us all a crumb of comfort in desperate times.