{"product_id":"poverty-safari-understanding-the-anger-of-britains-underclass-hardcover","title":"Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarren McGarvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Savage, wise, and witty . . . It is hard to think of a more timely, powerful, or necessary book.\"--J. K. Rowling\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller  For readers of \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEvicted\u003c\/i\u003e, the Orwell Prize-winner that helps us all understand Brexit, Donald Trump, and the connection between poverty and the rise of tribalism in the United Kingdom, in the US, and around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastations firsthand. He grew up in a community where violence was a form of currency and has lived through addiction, abuse, and homelessness. He knows why people from deprived communities feel angry and unheard. And he wants to explain . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo he invites you to come along on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from a safe distance. His vivid, visceral, and cogently argued book--part memoir and part polemic--takes us inside the experience of extreme poverty and its stresses to show how the pressures really feel and how hard their legacy is to overcome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing that both the political left and right misunderstand poverty as it is actually lived, McGarvey sets forth what everybody--including himself--could do to change things. Razor-sharp, fearless, and brutally honest, \u003ci\u003ePoverty Safari \u003c\/i\u003eoffers unforgettable insight into conditions in modern Britain, including what led to Brexit--and, beyond that, into issues of inequality, tribalism, cultural anxiety, identity politics, the poverty industry, and the resentment, anger, and feelings of exclusion and being left behind that have fueled right-wing populism and the rise of ethno-nationalism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarren McGarvey\u003c\/b\u003e, who is also known by the stage name Loki, grew up in Pollok on the south side of Glasgow. He is a writer, columnist, and rap recording artist who has made regular media appearances as a social commentator, including on the BBC and STV. In 2015, he became the first ever rapper-in residence at Police Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit, and he continues to work across Scotland in some of its most challenged communities.\u003ci\u003e Poverty Safari\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book, was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e top ten bestseller. He lives in Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768806637856,"sku":"9781951627089","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac6c04f4e4e65bda3195222f379b44a6.webp?v=1780337730","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poverty-safari-understanding-the-anger-of-britains-underclass-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}