Did you watch any of the 'Jaws' series of films? Yes, I know that I am showing my age but, if you did - as aged repeats on television, obviously - then did you, like me, find the first one to be the most scary?

It was made on a very tight budget and, in the pre-digital effects era, the shark was just too expensive to put on screen. The implied existence of this mean killer left the imagination to create fear far beyond that possible from the latex monster of the sequels, or indeed the digital monsters now regularly terrorising the local cinema. This book reminded me of this situation because, there has been a great deal of debate about TTIP; much of it threatening the end of civilisation as we know it. This book does not follow the trend and is FAR more terrifying for it.

TTIP, for anyone who doesn't know, is a proposed deal between the EU and the USA allowing free access to each other's markets. Proponents assure us that this would lead to a great increase in business and money flowing like wine to us all. Detractors suggest that the money will flow to a select few (1% to be precise!) and that the rest of us will see our government's ability to set safety laws on such issues as the use of GMO crops, expunged.

This book tries to take a reasoned view and says that both of these positions are greatly exaggerated by their believers. This leads to a slightly apoplectic read, probably for people on either side of the divide but, there is enough signs of concern to wake up the most un-political of reader. Whether you think that TTIP is the saviour of mankind or capitalism's final cruel twist, this book is for you AND, if you hold no particular views upon the subject, then it is a MUST READ! ( )