Posh Boys: How English Public Schools Ruin Britain (Hardback)

'Verkaik comprehensively demolishes [public school] claims.'

'The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones's Chavs.'

'Does a fine job of reminding us how powerful a hold the elite schools have over public life.'

'An illuminating and hugely enjoyable read, packed full of eye-opening facts... At a time when the gap between rich and poor is widening, we need to talk seriously about the role of public schools in our society. Posh Boys is a welcome catalyst for that debate.'

'In his fascinating, enraging polemic, Verkaik touches on one of the strangest aspects of the elite schools and their product's domination of public life for two and a half centuries: the acquiescence of everyone else.'

'A trenchant j'accuse against the old-boy chumocracy... Posh Boys is, for a book about public schools, decidedly comprehensive.'

'You cannot understand Britain without understanding this - the story of how we became a nation obsessed with elite education that continues to stack the odds against fairness and progress, and the cultural forces it has unleashed upon us all. Robert Verkaik tells it with clarity, and makes a powerful call for change.'

'Inspired, committed, careful and kind.'