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Pirates of Madagascar

The LRB Podcast

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Close Readings is the London Review of Books' new podcast. This week Francis Gooding reviews a book by David Graber about pirate supplements in 18th century Madagascar. The author was an anthropologist and anarchist activist whose books include debt, the first 5,000 years, or the dawn of everything. He finished writing pirate enlightenment 10 years ago but it's published now for the first time.

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