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Arm sein ist keine Schande - oder doch?Über die »Unterschicht« wird dieser Tage mal wieder viel geredet. »Abgehängt«, »ausgegrenzt«, »chancenlos« sind die Stichworte der Debatte. Aber wie so oft kommen die Betroffenen dabei gar nicht selbst zu Wort. Der Rapper, Aktivist und Autor Darren McGarvey ist selbst in einem der berüchtigten Sozialbunker im Armenviertel von Glasgow aufgewachsen. Für ihn bedeutet Armut in erster Linie: Stress! Er dreht d...

Savage, wise, and witty . . . It is hard to think of a more timely, powerful, or necessary book."--J. K. RowlingInternational Bestseller! For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Evicted, the Orwell Prize-winner that helps us all understand Brexit, Donald Trump, and the connection between poverty and the rise of tribalism in the United Kingdom, in the US, and around the world. Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastations firsthand. H...

Wissen wir wirklich, was Armut bedeutet? Darren McGarvey, aufgewachsen in einem Glasgower Problemviertel, weiß es. Lange Zeit stand er selbst auf der anderen Seite eines Grabens, der unsere Gesellschaft immer tiefer spaltet. Er kennt die alltägliche Gewalt, die ständige Furcht und das Gefühl, nicht gehört zu werden. Die Apathie, die aus der Perspektivlosigkeit entsteht. McGarvey nimmt uns mit auf eine sehr persönliche Reise in diese Welt. Nich...

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Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality...From poverty and policing, homelessness and overrun prisons to Grenfell and hostile environments, Britain has long been failing those who need our help the most. There is arguably one unifying theme that links all these afflictions: proximity. Proximity is how close we are to the action and how that affects how we assess, relate to and address whatever that action happens to be. Almost ...

*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'This is McGarvey at his best' - Observer'Breaks your heart and boils your blood' - Big IssueIf all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a fucking bin fire?Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts through it, partitioning the powerful from the powerless, the vocal from the voiceless, the fortunate from those too often ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry and unheard. And he wants to explain . . . So he invites you to come on a safari of sorts. But not the kind where the wildlife is surveyed from a safe distance. This book takes you inside the experience of poverty to show how the pressures really feel and how ...

An autobiographical account of Darren McGarvey, aka the Scottish hiphop artist Loki's, childhood in a working class area in Scotland. The book is partly a social commentary on youth in rundown areas in Scotland. Through his eyes we see a family life marred by poverty, abuse and addiction.