The Age of the Strongman by Gideon Rachman: a timely and depressing book

Rachman analyses strategies used by Putin, Duterte and Bolsonaro to hold onto power

Vladimir Putin shirtless and fishing
Vladimir Putin fishes in the remote Tuva region in southern Siberia
(Image credit: Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

“Ever since Dervla Murphy packed a pistol and pedalled from Ireland to India in 1963, recounting her adventures in Full Tilt, there has been a demand for two-wheeled adventure tales,” said Caroline Eden in the FT.

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