Because yes, the areas already exist in various forms all over the world. As to the collusion between political power and business, she regularly in some independent media.
But let's go: this is a comment on a novel, not a political forum.
The problem of this novel is that it is not happening much. Although the author ballad us from Dublin to New York to Marseilles, Spain and Niger at the end of the novel does not happen ... and the world has not changed.
If the style is nice -without more-, the characters themselves are completely hollow. The author did not try to give them some personality. The father could be Brad Pitt or Elijah Semoun for the little we know.
Many characters are totally useless: they really feel they are there to add pages to the novel.
As for the action .. The Adventures of Tintin are more likely, say it!
In conclusion: any style, no action, nonexistent people, an end that could be the beginning. What a waste of a good idea to start.
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