ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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WILL PODMORE appreciates the case made against austerity, but deplores the fantasy capitalism of the author
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KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
New releases from Laura Veirs, The Waterboys, and Yard Act
Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Davos man: how the billionaires devoured the world
Peter Goodman, Mariner Books, £14.99
THIS is a deeply researched book about the tiny minority of billionaires who we allow to exploit the peoples of the world while they pillage the world’s resources.
The term “Davos Man” was coined by political scientist Samuel Huntington who first used it in a 2004 essay in which he described people so enriched by globalisation that they are effectively living without loyalty to any particular nation.
Goodman demonstrates how the world’s economies are run by and for the 1 per cent, at the expense of the 99 per cent.
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