Jude Cook

The pitfalls of privilege and philanthropy: Entitlement, by Rumaan Alam, reviewed

An ambitious young black woman working for a charitable trust clashes with its white octogenarian founder over what each thinks they deserve

Rumaan Alam. [Getty Images] 
issue 14 September 2024
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    Rumaan Alam

    Bloomsbury Circus, pp. 336, £16

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