I have another review up at Shiny New Books today, and it’s of a book which you might not have been aware of, or considered reading. The titled is “A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto” by China Mieville, and it makes absolutely fascinating reading.
Mieville is, of course, best known for his fictions; however, he wears his left wing heart on his sleeve, and produced a wonderful narrative history of the 1917 Russian Revolution on its 100th anniversary. Here, he takes a seminal political tract, “The Communist Manifesto”, and examines its meanings and relevance, both past and present. It’s a wonderful book, brimming with ideas and anger about the inequalities in our society. I highly recommend it, and you can read my full review here.
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Jun 30, 2022 @ 22:46:37
Fascinating! I haven’t read Mieville but I had assumed they wrote fiction. I feel I have read reviews of China Mieville on blogs before.
Jul 01, 2022 @ 20:46:15
He’s turned up in a few places, and most of his best-known work is fiction. He’s very good at non-fiction though, on the basis of this!
Jul 02, 2022 @ 16:09:28
This sounds great – but it also reminds me I need to read his Russian revolution book first!
Jul 02, 2022 @ 16:26:19
Both are brilliant, and I highly recommend his October!
Jul 22, 2022 @ 07:01:58