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Paul has written a dozen childrens books, and some of his stories are used by the university of auckland to encourage teachers to pro. Paul mason born 23 january 1960 is a british commentator and radio personality. Paul mason is the award winning economics editor of the bbc current affairs show newsnight and author of meltdown. Mar 16, 2012 paul masons novel rare earth opens with a disjointed trio of journalists and their twostepsahead interpreter zooming across inner mongolia looking for a nine oclock news story. Use the search box above to find fond treasures from your childhood or that one book that has escaped your collection thus far. We scoured our vast selection of vintage books for the most beautiful dust jackets, and soon discovered that selecting just 30 was a nearly impossible task. Rare earth is his first effort at fiction and has the full benefit of his knowledge of contemporary china and its political contradictions communist in name, capitalist in practice. Previously economics editor of channel 4 news, his books include postcapitalism, why its kicking off. A radical defence of the human being explores the moral, political and economic challenges posed by. Rare earth is a story about love, journalism, ghosts, metallurgy, vintage militaria and large motorcycles set in the badlands of inner mongolia and ningxia. Paul masons top 10 books about china books the guardian. Paul mason is an awardwinning writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker. Paul mason is known for his work as a british journalist, commentator author and radio personality. The real problem is this is a country ruled through the suppression of historical memory.

He was culture and digital editor of channel 4 news, becoming the programmes economics editor on 1 june 2014, a post he formerly held on bbc twos newsnight programme. The pace, poetry and rude laughter of the book befit a savage hyperreality of the present global capitalist system, in which visions of justice and progress, consigned to the past, become. This is the dramatic factual premise behind this febrile but enjoyable first novel by paul mason. Previously economics editor of channel 4 news, his books include postcapitalism, why. Apr 30, 2012 rare earth, set in china, offers a chaotic montage of presentday gangster capitalism, poststalinist brutality and cultish contemporary tribes. Mason paints the conflicts of greed and principles, freedom and order in outrageously vivid hues, proving that fiction can tell big truths that factual accounts sometimes miss. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Paul mason books list of books by author paul mason. Feb 22, 2012 buy rare earth by paul mason if youre trying to understand china the language issues are secondary. Rare earth biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.

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