Henry Farrell

Vero e proprio grand guignol, ma con uno squisito senso della misura, Che fine ha fatto Baby Jane? catapulta il lettore in un microcosmo claustrofobico di odio, gelosia e vendetta, affidandosi a una progressione inarrestabile di suspense allo stato puro e sfoderando un clamoroso colpo di scena finale. Da questo romanzo è stato tratto il leggendario film dall'omonimo titolo.

Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known. At first glance, it might not look like much - it is made up of fibre optic cables and obscure payment systems. But according to prominent political scientists Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, the United States has turned the most vital pathways of the world economy into tools of domination over foreign businesses and countries, whether they are rivals or allies, allowing it to maintain global supremacy.

A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating the world economy. The consequences of the pandemic, however, go much further: they threaten the fabric of national and international politics around the world. As Henry Kissinger warned, "The coronavirus epidemic will forever alter the world order."