Russell Brand to write book on how to fix society, bring down government
Marx had The Communist Manifesto, Mao his Little Red Book. Now, the comedian Russell Brand, author of My Booky Wook and Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal, is issuing his own vision for how to "establish a personal and global utopia" in a new book, out this autumn.
Publisher Century, which has just acquired the as-yet-untitled volume, said the book would tackle Brand's views on "ecology, inequality, rioting, financial meltdown and the total mistrust of politicians". It would "act as a provocation; urging its readers to discard apathy and challenge the status quo".
"People keep asking me how The Revolution will work? 'We all want to bring down the government and establish a personal and global utopia, but how?' they ask," said Brand. "Well, in this book, I'm going to explain it. Having accrued the greatest wisdom known to man (by conducting interviews, watching DVDs, reading books, thinking and looking at the sky) I am now able to put in a simple, accessible book(y wook) the solution to internal and external turmoil. And about time, too."
Editor Ben Dunn, who bought the book, said he had been "avidly following Russell's writing and standup and have been inspired by his passionate call to arms". He added that the book, which will be published in October, would be "a massive extension of that".
Brand's appearance on Newsnight last year, which became one of the UK's 10 most-watched YouTube clips, saw him tell interviewer Jeremy Paxman that "the apathy doesn't come from us, the people … the apathy comes from politicians. They're only interested in serving corporations."
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