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?
Fear and loathing in an era of global disaffection
Age of Anger
by Pankaj Mishra
(Penguin Books, £9.99)
AGE of Anger is a pessimistic study of global violence, political dysfunction and diminishing faith in progress.
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