Pity the Billionaire, by Thomas Frank, is a showcase example of the problems that can be created by the long lead time (six to nine months or more if a project has not been fast-tracked) involved in publishing a topical book in an age when news is instantaneous, and there is 24/7, wall-to-wall coverage of hot-button issues.
Mr Frank’s thesis is that in the wake of the fiscal calamities of 2008 – at a time when unemployment remains high, many ordinary people are reeling from the recession
