{"product_id":"9780861546152-show-me-the-bodies","title":"Show Me the Bodies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow We Let Grenfell Happen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Never before, in years of reviewing books about buildings, has one brought me to tears. This one did.' Rowan Moore, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 14 June 2017, a 24-storey block of flats went up in flames.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fire climbed up cladding as flammable as solid petrol. Fire doors failed to self-close. No alarm rang out to warn sleeping residents. As smoke seeped into their homes, all were told to ‘stay put’. Many did – and they died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a tragedy decades in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Apps meticulously exposes how a steady stream of deregulation, corporate greed and institutional indifference caused a tragedy. 72 people did not need to die, as the Grenfell Tower Inquiry makes clear. Here is the story of a grieving community forsaken by our government, a community still waiting for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Enormously important… A painstaking chronicle of an entirely avoidable tragedy, its aftermath and its causes.' \u003cstrong\u003eJAMES O'BRIEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eShow Me the Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e will never leave the mind of anyone who reads it.'\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A searing indictment of the construction industry and regulators… The book that follows reads like a prosecution, meticulous and fierce.'\u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40528627204193,"sku":"9780861546152","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27545486.jpg?v=1721848715","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780861546152-show-me-the-bodies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}