You Can't Read This Book

From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the advert of the Web, everywhere you turn you are told that we live in age of unparalleled freedom. This is dangerously naive. From the revolution in Iran that wasn't to the imposition of super-injunctions from the filthy rich, we still live in a world where you can write a book and end up dead.

Subtitled, "Censorship In An Age Of Freedom". The author of "What's Left", who writes a popular column in the "Observer", examines just how free we are. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the advent of the Web, we are told we have unparalleled freedom, but the truth is you can still be killed for writing a book. Cohen looks at Iran, super-injunctions, religious fanaticism and plutocratic power.

From The Guardian