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Dreams of Leaving and Remaining
by James Meek
(Verso, £16.99)
DO WE need more books about Brexit? Will they be trampled into the mud in the stampede towards a glorious post-EU future, mere outdated ephemera from a previous epoch? As crunch time for Brexit approaches, one would be forgiven for questioning why one would take time out from following the events unfolding in real time.
The publication of James Meek’s Dreams of Leaving and Remaining during this most auspicious of months in Britain’s protracted conscious uncoupling from the EU does not seek to intervene in the debate but give welcome pause for reflection on the origins of this debacle.
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