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PUBLISHER: Salt Publishing

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9781784631017

RRP: £5.39

PAGES: 192

PUBLICATION DATE:
April 15, 2017

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Billionaires’ Banquet: An immorality tale for the 21st century

Ron Butlin

1985, Edinburgh. Thatcher’s policies are biting deep – fat cats and street-kids, lovers, losers and the rest struggle to survive. Hume sets up a business catering for the rich and their ever-growing appetites. But by the new millennium, these appetites have become too demanding . . .Powerful, challenging and very funny, Billionaires’ Banquet is an immorality tale for the 21st century.

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