The Price of Life
27 March 2025
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A Radio 4 Book of the Week
'Jon Ronson meets Louis Theroux in the style of Joan Didion' - Telegraph
'Riveting . . . human stories that make the impersonal intelligible' - The Guardian
In surprising stories that take us into the worlds of hitmen, insurance frauds and modern-day slaves, Jenny Kleeman explores the value of human life.
We say that life is priceless....
Details
27 March 2025
352 pages
9781035004980
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A keen eye for thought-provoking stories.Telegraph
I found this book unputdownable, missing Tube stations and bus stops I was so engrossed by it . . . I urge you to take this book home with you, even steal it.Ben Judah, author of This Is London and This Is Europe
Morbidly fascinating and essential . . . clear-eyed and humane.New Statesman
Touches on some important moral, political and philosophical issues . . . compelling.Literary Review