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Year of the Rat

Undercover in the British Far Right

Harry Shukman

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English
Vintage
19 April 2026
Follows HOPE not hate researcher and reporter Harry Shukman on a year undercover infiltrating far-right groups in the UK

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES CHARLOTTE AITKEN YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD

'Important and courageous' James O'Brien

'A tense account of going undercover inside Britain's far-right groups. At times it reads like a novel...only the stakes are real' Sunday Times

Harry Shukman led a double life. Friends and family knew him as a journalist, but unbeknownst to them he was secretly infiltrating the British far right. Equipped with a hidden camera, he posed as 'Chris' and set out to expose right-wing extremists.

From canvassing with Britain First to befriending Holocaust deniers, neo-Nazis and a Silicon Valley-backed race-science organisation, Shukman again and again risked his safety and sanity to remove the far right's terrifyingly everyday mask.

Now, we must ensure it stays off.

'Anyone who wants to understand British politics has to read this book.' Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   224g
ISBN:   9781529953213
ISBN 10:   1529953219
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Harry Shukman is a researcher at HOPE not hate, an anti-fascist organisation. Formerly a journalist, he worked as a news reporter for The Times and then a writer and editor for the Manchester Mill - an investigative online newspaper - and its sister sites in Liverpool and Sheffield.

Reviews for Year of the Rat: Undercover in the British Far Right

'Anyone who wants to understand British politics has to read this book.' * Grace Blakeley * ‘This undercover expose of far right extremism in the UK is truly gripping. Unputdownable.’ * Otto English * A horribly compelling account… What he exposes is both petrifying and sometimes surprising, and is related with admirable compassion, humanity and even humour * Bookseller * Compelling… [Shukman] is to be commended for his efforts, which must have taken courage and determination * Observer * [A] courageous and diligent book… a close and gripping inspection of the character of the far right and threat it poses… Shukman’s reporting is bold and assiduous, and provides rare documentary insight * New Statesman * Shukman’s brave delve into the dark recesses of Britain’s Far Right feels especially timely… The strength of Year of the Rat is…the inferences to the shady puppet-masters who continue to shape world politics for the worse * UK Press Syndication * [An] illuminating and disturbing portrait of today’s British far right * Jewish Chronicle * [An] excellent investigation into the underworld of the British far right… There is…an immense value in the intimacy of Shukman’s account * Times Literary Supplement *


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