{"id":35953,"date":"2025-09-22T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/35953\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:36:09","slug":"peter-coleman-sins-of-the-filthy-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/35953\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Coleman: Sins of the Filthy Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peter<\/a>Peter Coleman has turned his signature tongue-in-cheek humour to the ridiculous, and sometimes horrifying, excesses of the mega-rich in his new book, Sins of the Filthy Rich.<\/p>\n

The opulence, extravagance, grandeur and overconsumption of history\u2019s wealthiest is put under a microscope, and the facts are even more staggering than you might have first thought!<\/p>\n

Wealth inequality has escalated over the past two decades. As of April 2024, the highest 10 per cent of households ranked by wealth possess 44 per cent of all wealth in Australia, averaging $5.2 million dollars per household (Acoss\u00b7).<\/p>\n

As many ordinary people struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, rich resentment is rising.<\/p>\n

A spate of popular \u2018eat the rich\u2019 TV shows and movies with strong anti-class and anti-rich sentiments \u2013 such as The White Lotus, Knives Out, Parasite, Saltburn, Severance, Succession, and The Menu \u2013 depict the super rich as selfish, miserable, cruel, depraved and unjust.<\/p>\n

In many real-life cases, as Peter uncovers in Sins of the Filthy Rich, this depiction is unfortunately widely accurate. Envy, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, wrath and greed are not good, particularly when the \u2018sinners\u2019 have huge bank accounts and zero accountability.<\/p>\n

From Emperor Commodus, King Leopold, Count Dracula and Genghis Khan to Rupert Murdoch, Kim Kardashian, Gina Rinehart, and Elon Musk, Sins of the Filthy Rich uses the seven deadly sins to explore how history\u2019s mega wealthy have exploited, indulged and misbehaved appallingly.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by shocking facts breaking down how wicked wealth is ruining the world, and just how many people that money could help if it was used for good, Sins of the Filthy Rich is a scathing look at the damage done by the insanely affluent.<\/p>\n

\u201cResearching this book was \u2018eye-opening\u2019 to say the least. Just when I thought I\u2019d found the ultimate display of filthy rich villainy, someone even more appalling came along to prove me wrong,\u201d said Peter.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only are shows like Succession shockingly accurate \u2013 the reality is usually much worse than anything you see on TV. Poking fun at these terrible people has been a highlight of my writing career.\u201d<\/p>\n

For fans of David Mitchell\u2019s Unruly, David Hunt\u2019s Girt and the writing of The Betoota Advocate, Sins of the Filthy Rich will have you seething with injustice but also feeling better about not being one of the 1% \u2013 because those people are downright awful!<\/p>\n

Dr Peter Coleman is the author of Australia\u2019s Most Bizarre Crimes, and co author of Dark Arts and Crafts and Weekends With Matt. He has a PhD in cultural studies from Monash University. His primary reason for getting a PhD was to call himself \u2018Dr\u2019 on flights and get upgraded to Business class. To date, no upgrade has been forthcoming.<\/p>\n

He works as a consultant in the not-for profit sector but can\u2019t be bothered explaining what that involves. His interests include the French philosopher Simone Weil and Below Deck: Down Under. Peter has been married to his husband Mike for over 20 years. Their marriage is yet to lead to the downfall of society, but he still holds out hope.<\/p>\n

Sins of the Filthy Rich is published by\u00a0Affirm Press<\/a>\u00a0and is available from all good book sellers including\u00a0QBD Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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