The Price of Life
14 March 2024
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Read by the author, Jenny Kleeman.
'Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood' - New Statesman
'Writing, thinking and storytelling at its best' - Ben Judah, author of This Is Europe
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* $2-3,000 to save the life of a child in Africa
* £15,180 to hire a hitman
* $368,901 to pay the average ransom demand
We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving...
Details
14 March 2024
523 minutes
9781035005000
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A keen eye for thought-provoking stories.Telegraph
I found this book unputdownable, missing Tube stations and bus stops I was so engrossed by it . . . I urge you to take this book home with you, even steal it.Ben Judah, author of This Is London and This Is Europe
Morbidly fascinating and essential . . . clear-eyed and humane.New Statesman
Vivid.The Observer