Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize for Political Writing | 2018 | Winner |
About This Book
Darren McGarvey, a Scottish rapper who grew up in poverty in Glasgow, delivers a bracingly honest account of deprivation and its internal dynamics. Challenging both right-wing dismissal and left-wing patronage, McGarvey argues that the problems of poor communities are not only external—austerity, inequality, government failure—but also internal, and that honest engagement requires acknowledgment of both.
About the Author
Darren McGarvey is a Scottish rapper, writer, and social commentator who performs under the name Loki. Born in Glasgow in 1985, he grew up in poverty in Pollok, one of Glasgow's most deprived communities, and has drawn extensively on his own experiences with poverty, addiction, violence, and mental health to create work that challenges both left and right-wing orthodoxies about deprivation in Britain. Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass (2017) is McGarvey's debut book, a memoir and polemic about growing up poor in Scotland. Read more →
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