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Thomas Frank is editor of The Baffler magazine. He lives in Chicago.
This book is a compilation of essays written by the author for The Baffler magazine, whose editor was so impressed that he persuaded Frank to produce them as a book. The theme is that the world is so dominated by commerce and the needs of the marketplace that even in countries where the government is supposedly a socialist one, the needs of big business always come first. Although 'God' is in the title, this is not a religious book but a social commentary on the world, particularly America, as it is today. If you are not familiar with legislation passed by the Clinton administration in America much of what the author refers to will be hard to understand. However, many of the examples he gives, town meetings, focus groups, listening to the people tours by politicians, will be familiar to people in other democracies, although the author takes a rather cynical view of all these demonstrations of the democratic process. He takes a rather cynical view of some of America's business publications too, particularly the magazine Fortune and the writers Francis Fukuyama, George Gilder and Thomas Friedman, often with scathing wit and anger. If you are doing a Social Science university course this book will undoubtedly be on your reading list next year. (Kirkus UK)
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