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History Of Capitalism According To The Jubilee Line
John O'Farrell author of The Man Who Forgot His Wife An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and Things Can Only Get Better turns his comedic genius to the problem of capitalism encapsulated in a Tube train full of passengers stuck underground - part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. Authors include the masterly John Lanchester the children of Kids Company comic John O'Farrell and social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical the personal to the societal they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon and notice its nature and its people. Read individually they're delightful small reads
pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city". (Evening Standard). "Exquisitely diverse". (The Times). "Eclectic and broad-minded.. .beautifully designed". (Tom Cox Observer). "A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles and themes. The design qualities are excellent as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look and feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books". (A Common Reader blog). "The contrasts and transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw". (Londonist). "A series of short sharp city-based vignettes - some personal some political and some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected full
of wit and just the right amount of grit". (Fabric Magazine). "A collection of beautiful books". (Grazia). [Praise for John O'Farrell]: "Comic genius". (Mirror). "A consistently humorous writer". (Mail on Sunday). John O'Farrell is the bestselling author of four novels including The Man Who Forgot His Wife. He has also written comic non-fiction such as An Utterly Impartial History of Britain the political memoir Things Can Only Get Better and three collections of his popular Guardian column."
pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city". (Evening Standard). "Exquisitely diverse". (The Times). "Eclectic and broad-minded.. .beautifully designed". (Tom Cox Observer). "A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles and themes. The design qualities are excellent as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look and feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books". (A Common Reader blog). "The contrasts and transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw". (Londonist). "A series of short sharp city-based vignettes - some personal some political and some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected full
of wit and just the right amount of grit". (Fabric Magazine). "A collection of beautiful books". (Grazia). [Praise for John O'Farrell]: "Comic genius". (Mirror). "A consistently humorous writer". (Mail on Sunday). John O'Farrell is the bestselling author of four novels including The Man Who Forgot His Wife. He has also written comic non-fiction such as An Utterly Impartial History of Britain the political memoir Things Can Only Get Better and three collections of his popular Guardian column."
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