Nick Cohen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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A Place of Greater Safety
Hilary Mantel
"The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true." Hilary Mantel from the introduction to a Place of Greater Safety.
Paperback, 2006
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The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
Yascha Mounk
Among the many achievements of Yascha Mounk’s The Identity Trap is that he unearths the roots of today’s ideology with the patience of an archaeologist.
Hardcover, 2023
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
Gary Gerstle
Lucid economic history that is absolutely devastating on the Clinton administration. "The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order:…" by Gary Gerstle https://t.co/JVzYJMqNPH
Paperback, 2023
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Highly Discriminating: Why the City Isn't Fair and Diversity Doesn't Work
Louise Ashley
Based on the research of Louise Ashley whose "Highly Discriminating: Why the City Isn't Fair and Diversity Doesn't Work" is a brilliant exposé. https://t.co/ON2psj06yB
Paperback, 2022
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Vera: The Nihilists
Oscar Wilde
@edwest Oscar Wilde wrote a truly terrible play Vera in honour of Vera Zasulich who tried to kill the military governor of St Petersburg. The jokes really didn't work https://t.co/K7DC9CnMhI
Paperback, 2017
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: A George Smiley Novel
John Le Carré
Piece was inspired by the BBC iplayer rerunning the brilliant dramatisation of Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Watching it and rereading the novel I saw that Bill Haydon (the Kim Philby figure) is pushed to treason by his contempt at how unimportant England has become.
Paperback, 2011
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Vera: Or, The Nihilists
Oscar Wilde
@edwest Oscar Wilde wrote a truly terrible play Vera in honour of Vera Zasulich who tried to kill the military governor of St Petersburg. The jokes really didn't work https://t.co/K7DC9CnMhI
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The Rotters' Club
Jonathan Coe
@PolProfSteve In Jonathan Coe's The Rotters' Club, but that's about it
Paperback, 2003
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