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The racket

Matt Kennard

2015386 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015Zed Books · 386 pages · ENGISBN 9781780329888
  • 2016Zed Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9781780329901
  • 2016Bloomsbury Academic & Professional · ENGISBN 9781780329871
  • 2016Zed Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9781780329895
  • 2016Zed Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9781780329918
  • 2024Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · ENGISBN 9781350422711

"While working at the Financial Times, investigative journalist Matt Kennard uncovered a scam - a deception and rip-off of immense proportions. From slanging matches with Henry Kissinger to afternoon coffees with the man who captured Che Guevara, Kennard’s unbridled access over four years to the crème de la crème of the global elite left him with only one conclusion. The world as we know it is run by a squad of cigar-smoking men with big guns, big cash and a reach much too close to home. But, through encounters with high-profile opponents of the racket, such as Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, Gael García Bernal and others, Kennard shows that human decency remains. Now it’s time for the world’s citizens to also uncover the racket"--Publisher's description.

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