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WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
´Beautifully written, thought-provoking, and unforgettable ... If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book´ Bill Gates, Best Books of 2017

Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee´s coldest winter for years. Doreen´s home is so filthy her family call it ´the rat hole´. Lamar, a wheelchair-bound ex-soldier, tries to work his way out of debt for his boys. Scott, a nurse turned addict, lives in a gutted-out trailer. This is their world. And this is the twenty-first century: where fewer and fewer people can afford a simple roof over their head.

´Essential. A compelling and damning exploration of the abuse of one of our basic human rights: shelter.´ Owen Jones

´If I could require the president to read one book it would be Evicted´ Zadie Smith

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An intimate portrait of what it´s like to be powerless in the world´s superpower ... Evicted shows how the smallest event can rip through poor lives, sending them spinning out of control... To British eyes, the narrative reads like a dispatch from the near-future. Aditya Chakrabortty Guardian

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Desmond, Matthew
2015 MacArthur ´Genius´ award winner Matthew Desmond is an associate professor of sociology and social science at Harvard University and co-director of the Justice and Poverty Project. He is the author of the award-winning book On The Fireline and his writing has appeared in The New York Times and Chicago Tribune.

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