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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Global masters of pulling strings
John Green recommends an exposé of the secretive Bilderberg Club and its manipulative agenda which threatens the very existence of nation states
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
The Bilderbergers: Puppet Masters of Power? by Gerhard Wisnewski (Clairview Books, £12.99)
The Bilderberg Club is one of the world’s most powerful and influential organisations of which few will have heard. Founded in 1954, it is an annual conference bringing together up to 150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media.
Drawn from politics, government and “other fields,” around two-thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from the US.
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