This is a wonderful book to read, especially if you've recently read or are in the process of reading any of the Capital series. David Harvey is an excellent writer, though he does switch into incomprehensible scholarly mode on occasion (the appendix contains a couple of good examples of this).
The expressive and clear way in which he elucidates on a number of key theories from Marx, and also his bringing them into a contemporary context (eg, China, Financial Crisis) makes him an excellent companion to Marx and also a fine standalone author. Furthermore, his anthropology background makes his writing much easier to access than standard economics writing which often becomes almost unreadable from a technical perspective on occasion for anyone apart from the dedicated economics scholar.
I came across his writing after reading a recent issue of Tribune magazine and I will likely be reading more of his books.
