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?
Book: Television And The Meaning Of Live
Out-of-focus view of television's significance
Television And The Meaning Of Live
by Paddy Scannell
(Polity, £17.99)
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