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?
Man on Edge by Humphrey Hawksley
Flaccid fiction mars atmospheric elan of stock-in-trade spy thriller
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ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
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SINCE leaving his job as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, Humphrey Hawksley has put his accumulated knowledge to good use in writing some reasonably insightful accounts of the negative globalised impact of Western liberal democracy.
By contrast, his fictional output is unlikely to cause his ex-bosses at the Establishment broadcaster much concern.
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