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?
Crime fiction with Mat Coward: January 22, 2024
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
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston (Headline, £14.99) is set in small-town Louisiana, where among the local elite every tiny indicator of social class is picked over as studiously as the results of a CAT scan.
Evie Porter is struggling to fit in. She’s moved in with Ryan, who is as handsome as he is rich, well respected and well connected. She can’t pretend that she’s from the same moneyed background as he and his friends are, but she does have to find some way of making them all like her. It’s a matter of life or death. And the fact that there’s no such person as Evie Porter is just another complication.
This is a churningly exciting scam thriller, a great heart-starter for the dark new year.
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