![]() ![]() ![]() The book is really just about why some people go to jail and why some people don’t go to jail, and "the divide" is the term I came up with to describe this phenomenon we have where there are essentially two different criminal justice systems, one that works one way for people who are either very rich or working within the confines of a giant systemically important institution, and then one that works in another way for people who are without means. ![]() The interview can be found below, and has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Salon sat down last week with Taibbi for a wide-ranging chat that touched on his new book, the lingering effects of the financial crisis, how American elites operate with impunity and why, contrary to what many may think, he's actually making a conservative argument for reform. His relentless coverage of Wall Street malfeasance turned him into one of the most influential journalists of his generation, but in his new book, " The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap," Matt Taibbi takes a close and dispiriting look at how inequality and government dysfunction have created a two-tiered justice system in which most Americans are guilty until proven innocent, while a select few operate with no accountability whatsoever. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And once Nash decides to make Lina his, he's not about to be dissuaded…even if it means facing the danger that nearly killed him. But Knockemout has a way of getting under people's skin. ![]() Once she gets what she's after, she has no intention of sticking around. If you've read this, I'd love to know your thoughts Things We Never. A relationship with a man who expects her to plant roots? No freaking way. My honest thoughts on 'Things We Hide From the Light' by Lucy Score. A hot, short-term fling with a local cop? Absolutely. Too bad Lina's got secrets of her own, and if Nash finds out the real reason she's in town, he'll never forgive her. The physical connection between them is incendiary, grounding him and making her wonder if exploring it is worth the risk. As a rule, she's not a fan of physical contact unless she initiates it, but for some reason Nash's touch is different. But his new next-door neighbor, smart and sexy Lina, sees his shadows. Nash isn't about to let anyone in his life know he's struggling. ![]() ![]() He feels like a broody shell of the man he once was. But now, this chief of police is recovering from being shot and his Southern charm has been overshadowed by panic attacks and nightmares. Nash Morgan was always known as the good Morgan brother, with a smile and a wink for everyone. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lucy Score returns to Knockemout, Virginia, following fan-favorite Things We Never Got Over with Knox's brother Nash's story. Things We Hide From The Light: the Sunday Times bestseller and sequel to TikTok sensation Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout Series): .uk: Score, Lucy: 9781399713771: Books Humour Rural Life Buy new: 5.50 RRP: 8.99 Details Save: 3.49 (39) FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, March 27 on your first eligible order to UK or Ireland. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like Faulks, Boyd is a successful British novelist who straddles literary and popular fiction. So now the Ian Fleming Estate has returned to plan A. But Deaver’s Bond novel, Carte Blanche (2011), sold fewer copies than Faulks in the UK and achieved only middling success in the US. The British novelist Faulks was succeeded by Jeffery Deaver, an American thriller writer who attempted to update Bond for a mass market readership, especially in the US where Devil May Care sold less well. But the Fleming Estate appears to have wanted more from its revived super-spy. ![]() In the UK it notched up the best first week sales of any novel after the Harry Potter titles. Solo sends Bond on a mission to resolve a civil war in an oil-rich African country the scenario mirrors the Fleming Estate’s conflicting approaches about how to exploit 007’s literary legacy.īond was reactivated in 2008 by Sebastian Faulks in Devil May Care, a pitch-perfect Fleming pastiche. In contrast to the Bond films, which have lucratively bounced back from a 1990s slump, there has been confusion about how to position the character for today’s bestseller charts. Boyd’s recruitment by the Ian Fleming Estate isn’t quite the seamless succession portrayed by Solo’s slick PR operation. ![]() |