Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else

Name: Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else
ISBN: 9781781681718

by James Meek

Orwell Prize · 2015 · Winner

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VersoSeptember 1, 2014Nonfiction HistoryISBN 9781781681718

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Orwell Prize for Political Writing	2015	Winner	“Private Island by James Meek won the Orwell Prize for Books in 2015.”

About This Book

An incisive investigation into the privatisation of British public services—water, electricity, the Royal Mail, railways, housing, and the NHS—and its effects on ordinary people. James Meek tours the landscapes of these industries and interviews those who work in them and depend on them, arguing that the selling off of public assets has enriched a small class while impoverishing British public life.

About the Author

James MeekBritish

James Meek is a British journalist and novelist. He is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and has written extensively on politics, economics, and international affairs. His journalism has taken him to Russia, Ukraine, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and he is widely regarded as one of the most gifted long-form journalists writing in English. Read more →