The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) [Signed by Author]

Harry Browne

ISBN 10: 1781680825 / ISBN 13: 9781781680827

Published by Verso Books, London, 2013

About this Item

A very good First Edition soft cover signed (not inscribed) on the title page by Harry Browne. Clean tight bright and sits square. Small crease on top right corner of front cover and bottom right corner of rear cover. Otherwise just minimal shelf wear and light scratches as is the norm with glossy card covers. Please see photos. Seller Inventory # 000207

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) [...

Publisher: Verso Books, London

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2’s iconic frontman, Bono—a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist—indeed, he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money—Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.

The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to evade Irish taxes; his paternalistic and often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation—and helped make it worse.

About the Author:

Harry Browne is a Dublin-based activist and journalist who has written for the Irish Times, Sunday Times, Irish Daily Mail, Evening Herald and Sunday Tribune. He is the author of Hammered by the Irish: How the Pitstop Ploughshares Disabled a US War Plane – With Ireland’s Blessing.