Cuckooland

‘Written as a true-life thriller, Cuckooland reveals a secret world of access and influence, where inconvenient facts can be white-washed if you have the right connections and resources. Tom Burgis takes readers from Nepal to Putin’s Russia, but the real subject is the Western and especially the British political and financial systems, which have enabled the spread of modern kleptocracy. A vital book for this election year’

ANNE APPLEBAUM

‘Breath-taking and jaw-dropping all at the same time. I read it in one sitting – and couldn’t put it down. Astonishing’

PETER FRANKOPAN

‘We often hear stories about kleptocrats, oligarchs, money launderers, libel lawyers and other dubious characters roaming around London like they own the place, but Tom Burgis brings these characters to life in a highly entertaining, readable story that you won’t soon forget. The uncomfortable conclusion you come to from reading this story is that everything seems to be for sale in the UK and most unfortunately, at the top of that list is our integrity’

BILL BROWDER

‘This is the truth about how Britain has been corrupted. Tom Burgis has written perhaps the most urgent and important book of the year’

OLIVER BULLOUGH

‘Tom Burgis is a once in a generation journalistic talent. Do you want to know how the world really works? Pick up this once in a decade book now and take it straight to the till. It will open your eyes into the way we live now’

BEN JUDAH

‘Burgis is a witty Holmes taking us into the secret world of global corruption and geopolitics – a trail that leads right back home to us. As entertaining as it is disturbing and important’

PETER POMERANTSEV

Tom Burgis won a fellowship at the Financial Times in 2006, and has worked on the paper ever since. He has reported from London, Brussels, South America and Africa, writing on the privation and conflict that accompanies the resource trade. His work has appeared in the Telegraph, the Independent, the Observer, the New Statesman, the Big Issue and Open Democracy, and in 2010 he was shortlisted for ‘Young Journalist of the Year’ at the British Press Awards.