A review by helen_lewis
The Umbrella Men by Keith Carter

5.0

The Umbrella Men is not what you'd expect - it's a novel with many layers, a story of a corruption, selfish greed, over-spending, flippancy regarding the impacts of one moment in time on future generations - and it's incredible to think that the impacts are still being felt by us - and will be by our children - in years to come. I knew little of the rare-earth mineral mines before I read this, a little of the financial crash of the late 1990s, but now understand more about both, which is unusual for a fiction book! I'd highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading a novel that is witty and exposing of human nature!