Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
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Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
By (Author) Oliver Bullough
Profile Books Ltd
Profile Books Ltd
11th July 2023
19th January 2023
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
International economics
Economics
330.941
Long-listed for Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2022 (UK)
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 26mm
246g
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With a new introduction on the Ukraine crisis
LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
A DAILY MAIL BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOK OF 2022
A DAILY MIRROR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF 2022
A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
PRESENTER OF THE BBC RADIO 4 SERIES 'HOW TO STEAL A TRILLION'
A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
AN IRISH TIMES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
A MANAGEMENT TODAY BEST LEADERSHIP BOOK OF 2022
How did Britain become the servant of the world's most powerful and corrupt men
From accepting multi-million pound tips from Russian oligarchs, to the offshore tax havens, meet Butler Britain...
In his Sunday Times-bestselling expose, Oliver Bullough reveals how the UK took up its position at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. Though the UK prides itself on values of fair play and the rule of law, few countries do more to frustrate global anti-corruption efforts. From the murky origins of tax havens and gambling centres in the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar to the influence of oligarchs in the British establishment, Butler to the World is the story of how we became a nation of Jeeveses - and how it doesn't have to be this way.
Reviews
'BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022' - The Times
'Brilliant' - Marina Hyde
'A really engrossing and enraging read' - Ian Rankin
'Terrific ... pulled by a current of Tory indolence, Britain flounders in a sea of dirty money' - Nick Cohen
'Razor-sharp' - FT
Author Bio
Oliver Bullough is the author of the financial expose Moneyland, a Sunday Times bestseller, and two celebrated books about the former Soviet Union: The Last Man in Russia (shortlisted for the Dolman Prize) and Let Our Fame Be Great (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and winner of the Cornelius Ryan). His journalism appears regularly in the Guardian, the New York Times and GQ.
