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Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain by Fintan O'Toole (Paperback, 2018)
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A book about the delusions of Brexit, the threat it poses to economic prosperity, peace in Ireland and the tradition of British democracy. 'There will not be much political writing in this or any other year that is carried off with such style' The Times. A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'A quite brilliant dissection of the cultural roots of the Brexit narrative' David Miliband. 'Hugely entertaining and engrossing' Roddy Doyle. 'Best book about the English that I've read for ages' Billy Bragg. 'A wildly entertaining but uncomfortable read ... Pitilessly brilliant' Jonathan Coe. In exploring the answers to the question: 'why did Britain vote leave?', Fintan O'Toole finds himself discovering how trivial journalistic lies became far from trivial national obsessions; how the pose of indifference to truth and historical fact has come to define the style of an entire political elite; how a country that once had colonies is redefining itself as an oppressed nation requiring liberation; the strange gastronomic and political significance of prawn-flavoured crisps, and their role in the rise of Boris Johnson; the dreams of revolutionary deregulation and privatisation that drive Arron Banks, Nigel Farrage and Jacob Rees-Mogg; and the silent rise of English nationalism, the force that dare not speak its name. He also discusses the fatal attraction of heroic failure, once a self-deprecating cult in a hugely successful empire that could well afford the occasional disaster: the Charge of the Light Brigade, or Franklin lost in the Arctic. Now failure is no longer heroic - it is just failure, and its terrible costs will be paid by the most vulnerable of Brexit's supporters, and by those who may suffer the consequences of a hard border in Ireland and the breakdown of a fragile peace.Product Identifiers
PublisherHead of Zeus
ISBN-139781789540987
eBay Product ID (ePID)19046673522
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Publication Year2018
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameHeroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaCountry
AuthorFintan O'toole
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFintan O'toole
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- 15 Sep, 2022
Excellent reading. Well balanced analysis. Would Recommend.
Very well written. Good insightful analysis of the mistakes of accepting brexit and the consequences for the workings of the country from industry, manufacturing, exporting, importing, additional staff for farming and the NHS. Well given, balanced overview of the rash and appaulling decisions Johnson made for the country. Demonstrates in a balanced way all Johnson's cock-ups and ill thought-out consequences for the country, particularly in light of the fact we are now a Little Britain and need all the allays we can get.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Sep, 2019
The book everyone in Britain should read right now...
A smart and incisive outsiders take on Britain. Everyone in the country should read this book and then go and sit somewhere quiet for a bit of self reflection.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 27 Mar, 2019
Heroic failure
A really good read to be highly recommended.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Dec, 2018
Great
Great insightVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
