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 18, 2022
New titles from Seraphina Nova Glass, Hansjorg Schneider, Chris Nickson and Liza Cody
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
MEL lives in a well-to-do Louisiana town, in Such A Good Wife by Seraphina Nova Glass (Titan, £8.99), with her kids, a fine husband and a nice house. She’s not exactly happy, but aware that she has nothing much to be unhappy about, so she shocks herself when she begins an affair with a local author after a writers’ group meeting.
She’s even more shocked to discover hidden within her a woman who is skilled at planning, executing and concealing deceit. When she’s caught up on the edges of a suspicious death, she begins to question whether there is anything she would be incapable of doing to get herself and her family out of danger.
You really won’t be able to put this down; it’s a tense thriller of personality rather than events.
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