THE PHENOMENAL BESTSELLER

‘Fantastic, timely, eye-opening’ - Armando Iannucci, New Statesman, Books of the Year

‘Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening’ - Matt Haig, Observer, Books of the Year

Behind our democracy lies a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield immense power and reap large profits in the process. Exploring this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones embarks on a journey to the heart of our Establishment, from the corridors of Westminster to the boardrooms, offices, and trading floors of Fleet Street and the City. He also reveals the revolving doors connecting these worlds and the interests that bind them, showing how, while claiming to work for us, the "people on top" do the exact opposite.

In reality, they pose the greatest threat to our democracy today - and it is time to confront them.

‘A book of revelations... The Establishment has stitched you up - it's stitched you up - and knows it’ - Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education Supplement

‘A diagnosis of the deep and atrocious corruption that is present-day Britain. He is an excellent writer and this is a truly necessary book’ - Philip Pullman

‘Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our time’ - David Kynaston, The Times Literary Supplement

‘You will be enlightened and enraged’ - Irvine Welsh

Pages: 384, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm