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Darren McGarvey - Poverty Safari (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Winner - The Orwell Prize 2018.
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey aka Loki gives voice to their feelings and concerns, and the anger that is spilling over. Anger he says we will have to get used to, unless things change.
He invites you to come on a safari of sorts . . . A Poverty Safari.
But not the sort where the indigenous population is surveyed from a safe distance for a time, before the window on the community closes and everyone gradually forgets about it.
"I know the hustle and bustle of high-rise life, the dark and dirty stairwells, the temperamental elevators that smell like urine and wet dog fur, the grumpy concierge, the apprehension you feel as you enter or leave the building, especially at night. I know that sense of being cut off from the world, despite having such a wonderful view of it through a window in the sky; that feeling of isolation, despite being surrounded by hundreds of other people above, below and either side of you. But most of all, I understand the sense that you are invisible, despite the fact that your community can be seen for miles around and is one of the most prominent features of the city skyline."
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback.
- Condition : Very Good (With written inscription)
- Category : Non-Fiction - Law, Society & Social Sciences
- Published : 2018 (Luath Press)
- ISBN : 9781912147038
- SKU : B001428
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Nothing less than an intellectual and spiritual rehab manual for the progressive left." - Irvine Welsh.
"Part memoir, part polemic, this is a savage, wise and witty tour-de-force. An unflinching account of the realities of systemic poverty, Poverty Safari lays down challenges to both the left and right. It is hard to think of a more timely, powerful or necessary book." - J.K. Rowling.
"A blistering analysis of the issues facing the voiceless and the social mechanisms that hobble progress, all wrapped up in an unput-downable memoir." - Denise Mina.
"Raw, powerful and challenging." - Kezia Dugdale.
"A scan of the injuries poverty leaves in Britain, which manages to be humane, angry and wise all at the same time." - Nick Cohen.
"If The Road To Wigan Pier had been written by a Wigan miner and not an Etonian rebel, this is what might have been achieved. McGarvey's book takes you to the heart of what is wrong with the society free market capitalism has created." - Paul Mason.