Planet of Slums

That’s the title of a book by Mike Davis. There’s an interesting interview with him over on BLDBLOG about some of the themes of the book. While it has certainly piqued my interest in reading the book, I see that Amazon reviewers have given it a mixed blessing; for example: Relentless, Nihilistic, Compelling… Hmm, not a cheery fireside read, then, I take it?