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The cutting edge to Tory violence
BERNADETTE HYLAND recommends an exposé of how austerity measures savagely attack the most vulnerable

The Violence of Austerity, edited by Vickie Cooper and David Whyte (Pluto Press £16.99)

THERE seems to be a minor economic boom at the moment of books written by left-wing writers about austerity.

And there has never been as much information about what is happening from blogs, articles in newspapers or films such as I, Daniel Blake.

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