Private Island: James Meek

Published: Sept. 16, 2014, 6 p.m.

b'James Meek came to the bookshop to talk about his new book, Private Island (Verso), a scathing assessment of the last two decades\\u2019 privatisation of public assets, ranging from electricity to postal services to municipal housing. What has been lost? Who has benefited? And what\\u2019s been the impact on Britain\\u2019s wider polity? In the words of John Lanchester, \\u2018some of it will make you sad, some of it will make you furious, but you are guaranteed to be left feeling that you understand this country much better.\\u2019 James Meek was in conversation with journalist Dawn Foster.


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