Authenticity is a Con
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley July 5, 2015
Author Peter York
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ISBN: 9781849547871
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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This is a wonderful book letting us enjoy just what having a rant is all about: essentially getting it off your chest whatever has managed to really get you upset, get you going or make you completely fed up with something. In this case it is the broad subject of Authenticity which has set the author, in Peter York, up to have really good rant.
Yes well, so you say that’s all terrific but does he have a point to labour or is he simply practicing to be a bloke with a gripe who has finally found a platform from which to argue and present his point of view.
As with all things that could be termed a one sided debate he really has found a subject that is not only dear to his heart but too many others, that of what is, in this day and age, termed as authentic. Is the ‘look alike’ authentic manner shops are now presented in, particularly some fashion chain stores, termed as authentic, or is it simply a con, to encourage you to consider the modern version of something which has gone before.
When foods stuffs are billed as authentic or just like someone or other used to make – should they be considered as authentic. And so it goes. You do not need to look very hard within your particular neighbourhood to find something touted as ‘authentic’, whether it is or not!
You see it is so very easy to have a real rant, or in modern vernacular ‘to vent’ about something that is close to your heart or that you consider is nothing but a great big con. We can all do it, but in this case Peter York has managed to present his side of the issue with colour, flair and pizazz.
He singles out several issues such as the one where you are encouraged, if not urged to follow your heart, be your real self, be authentic, but what happens should there be a dark side to this following your heart? An interesting theory is it not!
But as with all things that present as a case in point, you will of course discover what you want to within the pages and find yourself either arguing back, or considering his view point and maybe even agreeing with what he has to say.
Set predominantly in England some of the references may be a little hard to follow for those not familiar with places, names and events but still the point is well and truly presented and does indeed make you consider just what does, and will, and may, pass as ’authenticity’ in today’s world.