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The Treatment by Michael Nath
No-holds-barred assault on the corruption at the core of British society
BEAUTIFULLY VULGAR: Michael Nath
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
IT’S a sure sign that we live in corrupt times that an author as accomplished as Michael Nath is not better known.
Fittingly, his third novel The Treatment focuses on the coruscating influence of corruption on communities, individuals and justice, both of the legal and natural varieties.
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