Book review: Contradictions between wealth and poverty subject of Desmond's latest 

Desmond won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Book review: Contradictions between wealth and poverty subject of Desmond's latest 

Book Review: Poverty by America Matthew Desmond

Sat, 18 Mar, 2023 - 21:00
Diarmuid O'Donovan

  • Poverty, by America 
  • Matthew Desmond 
  • Penguin Books, £21.99

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