The Meritocracy Trap Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee (2015) sparking a firestorm of debate

sparking a firestorm of debate across countries and continents

Above him on the window sill rests a bronze statue of Matthew Flinders' cat

ugruntował pozycję Michela Fabera jako jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych pisarzy brytyjskich

Set in New York during the Depression and probably West's most powerful work

The Meritocracy Trap Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee (2015) sparking a firestorm of debateEven in the midst of runaway economic inequality and dangerous social division, it remains an axiom of modern life that meritocracy reigns supreme and promises to open opportunity to all. The idea that reward should follow ability and effort is so entrenched in our psyche that, even as society divides itself at almost every turn, all sides can be heard repeating meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we think we are. But what if,