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1997: The Future that Never Happened
Richard Power Sayeed
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Description for 1997: The Future that Never Happened
Paperback. An immersive account of Britain in 1997, a year which laid the foundation of our current political crisis. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; AC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; JFCA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'Beautifully written, brilliantly insightful' Owen Jones Tony Blair and Noel Gallagher shaking hands at No. 10. Saatchi's YBAs setting the international art world aflame. Geri Halliwell in a Union Jack dress. A time of vibrancy and optimism: when the country was united by the hope of a better and brighter future. So why, twenty years on, did that future never happen? Richard Power Sayeed takes a provocative look at this epochal year, arguing that the dark undercurrents of that time had a much more enduring legacy than ... Read more
'Beautifully written, brilliantly insightful' Owen Jones Tony Blair and Noel Gallagher shaking hands at No. 10. Saatchi's YBAs setting the international art world aflame. Geri Halliwell in a Union Jack dress. A time of vibrancy and optimism: when the country was united by the hope of a better and brighter future. So why, twenty years on, did that future never happen? Richard Power Sayeed takes a provocative look at this epochal year, arguing that the dark undercurrents of that time had a much more enduring legacy than ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786991997
SKU
V9781786991997
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Ref
99-50
About Richard Power Sayeed
Richard Power Sayeed is a writer and documentary maker based in London. This is his first book, and he has somehow managed to finish it without losing his love for the minutiae of nineties Britain.
Reviews for 1997: The Future that Never Happened
'Richard Power Sayeed establishes himself as the definitive critical chronicler of the Blair years with his superb book 1997: The Future That Never Happened' Open Democracy Books of the Year 'It is difficult to do justice to Sayeed's qualities as a writer. He brings a sympathetic eye, attention to detail, a knack for evoking scenes, and ... Read more