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	Rogues Gallery: An Irreverent History of Corruption in South Africa, from the VOC to the ANC by Matthew Blackman (Goodreads Author), Nick Dall (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 63 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turbott Wolfe by William Plomer, Matthew Blackman (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1925 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spoilt Ballots: The Elections that Shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril by Matthew Blackman (Goodreads Author), Nick Dall (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legends: People Who Changed South Africa for the Better by Matthew Blackman (Goodreads Author), Nick Dall (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Same Space it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outside the Whale it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Plague: Camus, Contemporary Capitalism & Covid-19

Near the end of Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, Tarrou confesses to Dr Rieux the roots of his beliefs. To kill anybody for an abstraction, for a political idea, no matter how just, is murder much like any other. In the mode of allegory sustained by the book he goes on to submit that everyone is a carrier of the plague (of a potentially murderous political ideology). We all have a capability of spr