CHRIS SEARLE hears the ordeal of the Palestinian people in the improvised musicianship of a UK jazz trio
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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