Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Thrasivoulou makes a bad situation so much better
Ben Cowles reviews The Best of a Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou
The Best of a Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou (Silhouette Press, £6)
THE BEST of a Bad Situation is a collection of vibrant, discontented and evocative poetry by Derby native Jamie Thrasivoulou.
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