From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the world.
Oliver Bullough is the author of two non-fiction books about Russian history and politics: The Last Man in Russia (Allen Lane, 2013), which was shortlisted for the Dolman Prize, and Let Our Fame Be Great (Allen Lane, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in the UK and won the Cornelius Ryan in the US. His journalism appears regularly in the Guardian, the New York Times and GQ.
Eye-opening and essential ... Bullough has provided a model for how
to tell a gripping and comprehensible story about a complex and
crucial subject. You cannot understand power, wealth and poverty
without knowing about Moneyland.
*New Statesman*
If you want to know why international crooks and their eminently
respectable financial advisors walk tall and only the little people
pay taxes, this is the ideal book for you. Every politician and
moneyman on the planet should read it, but they won't because it's
actually about them.
*John le Carré, author of A Legacy of Spies*
Corruption undermines democracy, weakens institutions and erodes
trust, it destroys lives and impoverishes millions. Moneyland
starts from that truth and tells London's part of that story ...
This important book shows clearly that foreign policy isn't about
foreigners, it's about us.
*Tom Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee*
A concise, confident book ... pacy, clever and entertaining ... if
you still have any illusions about the wonders of liberated
capitalism, Moneyland will probably cure you.
*Guardian*
A darkly fascinating ride.
*Sunday Times*
There are few people who know the world of illicit finance and
money laundering like Oliver Bullough. He takes us on a journey
through the maze of complicity and criminality that will upend all
your confidence in the institutions that should be protecting
us.
*Bill Browder, author of Red Notice: How I became Putin's No. 1
Enemy*
You cannot understand power, wealth and poverty without knowing
about Moneyland.
*New Statesman*
This is meticulously researched and engagingly told, and reveals
the horror and scale of dirty money flowing around the world. The
central role played by the UK and jurisdictions associated with the
British family mean that every person concerned about corruption
and fairness in the UK should read this book - and then campaign
and act.
*Margaret Hodge, MP*
A great guide to a country you can't afford to visit but which is
all around you.
*Richard Brooks, author of Bean Counters*
Unputdownable. Funny, tragic and explains the world. I hope it
helps change it, too.
*Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing Is True and Everything is
Possible*
Jaw-dropping and deeply unsettling. Oliver Bullough provides a
sobering and brilliant account of how piracy on an epic-scale is
alive and well in the 21st century. A must-read. Simple as
that.
*Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads*
Praise for Let Our Fame Be Great:
With this impassioned volume [Bullough] has struck a blow for the
glory of the Caucasus and helped to give a voice to the
voiceless.
*Financial Times*
Praise for The Last Man in Russia:
The Last Man in Russia might be compared to Colin Thubron's Among
the Russians - perhaps the last book in English to come so close to
pinning down the Russianness of Russia.
*Independent*
The Last Man in Russia is distinguished by the excellence of its
writing and its lucid, unsparing gaze.
*Daily Telegraph*
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