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Title: Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Globalization Debate
Author: Naomi Klein
Publisher:Flamingo

Fences And Windows is the second book by Naomi Klein, though it comes not exactly as a follow up to No Logo. No Logo is a study of the rise of globalisation on all fronts, as well as the resistance movements around the world. No Logo was well received and established a reputation for it’s author Klein, as a result she has spent the years since No Logo continuing to report from the world’s frontline – from the big corporate events and protests, to being in Iraq at last report. As a result she has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as giving talks and the like. Such that Fences And Windows is a collection of all these pieces, collected under headings which link the papers together. Because each piece was written individually and at a specific point in time Fences And Windows doesn’t come together in the same way as No Logo, there is a greater sense of repetition at times, or contrasting that, of separation. But on the whole this volume is a companion piece to No Logo, showing the extension of what was written in that volume, illustrating where the fight on each side of the globalisation debate continues, while also fleshing out, and bringing to life many of the ideas that were key to that previous volume. One of the things that makes or breaks non-fiction works of this type is how readable they are, to what degree the author is actually capable of writing in a way that puts their facts across well. Again with Fences And Windows Klein illustrates that ability, which is part of why her work has met with some success.