Description
| Product ID: | 9780861546152 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Show Me the Bodies |
| Subtitle: | How We Let Grenfell Happen |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Apps |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Poverty and precarity, Poverty & unemployment, Housing and homelessness, Social discrimination and social justice, Corporate crime / white-collar crime, Politics and government, Corruption in politics, government and society, Business ethics and social responsibility, Civil service and public sector, Housing & homelessness, Social discrimination & inequality, Corporate crime, Politics & government, Political corruption, Business ethics & social responsibility, Civil service & public sector, London, Greater London |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ***WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023***'Never before, in years of reviewing books about buildings, has one brought me to tears. This one did.' Rowan Moore, Observer Book of the WeekOn 14 June 2017, a 24-storey block of flats went up in flames. The fire climbed up cladding as flammable as solid petrol. Fire doors failed to self-close. No alarm rang out to warn sleeping residents. As smoke seeped into their homes, all were told to ‘stay put’. Many did – and they died. It was a tragedy decades in the making. Peter Apps exposes how a steady stream of deregulation, corporate greed and institutional indifference caused a tragedy. This is the story of a grieving community forsaken by our government, a community still waiting for justice. |
| Imprint Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-10 |
