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ANGUS REID urges us to understand the persecution of Jason Arday from a political and historical perspective, and to see the victim in human terms
Dark regions of capital offence, from London to New York
MAT COWARD rounds up some of the latest in crime fiction
Re-releases of the classics Gypsy Rhumba and Buena Vista Social Club, and a stunning album by Palestinian artist Faris Ishaq
Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
A really exciting British legal thriller - now, that's not something that comes along every month.
But Nick Stone's The Verdict (Sphere, £16.99) combines tense courtroom scenes with plenty of out-of-court action and I loved it.
Terry has fallen into a job as a legal clerk for a big London firm. In recessionary times, that's a toe in the door he doesn't want to lose. He gets a chance to prove himself, aiding the defence of a millionaire businessman charged with murder.
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