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Darren McGarvey grew up in Pollok, Glasgow. He is a writer, hip-hop artist, broadcaster and campaigner. His bestselling and acclaimed first book Poverty Safari was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing in 2018.
Darren writes powerfully and poignantly about the unanticipated impact of becoming a poster boy for Scotland's social ills. * Observer * An at times brutally exposing account… McGarvey shows a maturity that belies many writers on similar topics; Trauma Industrial Complex therefore succeeds as far more than memoir. * The Scotsman * If it is taken seriously, it should have consequences… truly courageous, sincere and difficult. * The Herald * The standout, authentic voice of a generation * Herald * McGarvey is a rarity: a working-class writer who has fought to make the middle-class world hear what he has to say -- Nick Cohen * Guardian * An Orwell for today's poor * The Times * An absolutely fascinating individual -- Owen Jones Utterly compelling -- Ian Rankin * New Statesman * Offer[s] an antidote to populist anger that transcends left and right... articulate and emotional * Financial Times * The quality of McGarvey's reporting and storytelling is first-rate -- John Harris * Observer *
