Kleptopia

Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World is Tom Burgis's non-fiction book about the combined effects of globalization and worldwide forces of corruption, published in 2020. The book uses narrative nonfiction and true crime tropes to the detail and explore global kleptocractic effects and consequences – with Kazakhstan in particular "featur[ing] heavily in Burgis’s investigation"[1] – as well as how of practices of corruption (such as money laundering) entrench themselves via shell corporations, the dark money banking system, and political lobbying. Burgis anchors the book with the stories of four individuals, which the Financial Times described as "elegantly woven together and delivered in a form that makes the technicalities of finance accessible to the non-expert."[2]

Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World
AuthorTom Burgis
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNon-fiction
GenreTrue Crime, Business, Politics
Publisher HarperCollins Books
Pages464pp

Reception

The Times

A The Times reviewer described the book as "meticulously reported piece of investigative journalism, it is written in the style of a fast-paced thriller."[3]

Washington Post

A Washington Post article notes, "Burgis is a strong storyteller. We can visualize diamonds smuggled in a toothpaste tube for Swiss banking clients. We see a lawyer taking SIM cards with important contacts from her oligarch client and concealing them in a candy wrapper as he fled one snowy night on a private plane from his home country for asylum in London."[4] The book was also listed as one of the publication's 50 notable works of nonfiction for 2020.[5]

The Guardian

The Guardian's review voiced some criticism over the various plots and storylines followed in the book: "This is a ghastly and very important story. But the secret to great storytelling is knowing what to leave out. If Burgis had found a more focused way to tell this one, he would have written a much more powerful book."[6]

See also

References
  1. "Review: Kleptopia by Tom Burgis". African Business. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "Kleptopia — dirty money's tangled web of deceit". www.ft.com. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. Nixon, Simon. "Kleptopia by Tom Burgis review — exposing a global web of corruption". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. Taub, Jennifer. "Review | Trump among the kleptocrats". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. "50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020". Washington Post. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. "Kleptopia review: power, theft and Trump as leader in Putin's own image". the Guardian. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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