An unflinching emotional as well as political intelligence. Her lucid and probing essays offer sharp insights on a range of matters, from crony capitalism and environmental depredation to the perils of nationalism. -- Pankaj Mishra * Time Magazine * In her searing account, Roy asks whether our shriveled forms of democracy will be 'the endgame of the human race'-and shows vividly why this is a prospect not to be lightly dismissed. -- Noam Chomsky The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart. -- Alice Walker Resists and denounces all tyrannies, pleads for their victims, and unflinchingly questions the tragedy. -- John Berger The scale of what Roy surveys is staggering. Her pointed indictment is devastating. * The New York Times Book Review * Powerful, passionate and often personal (she records her own hounding by "the mob" over her comments about Kashmir), this work is timely and hugely important in its targets: it's hard to think of bigger dangers, or more harmful effects, than from faceless, unaccountable conglomerates. * Independent *