# Private Island

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- Book: [Private Island](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-meek/private-island) ([Private Island.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-meek/private-island.md))
- Authors: [James Meek](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-meek)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8478-206-1
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2015-06-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“The essential public good that Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and now Cameron sell is not power stations, or trains, or hospitals. It’s the public itself. it’s us.” In a little...