Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-28 Pages: 388 Language: English Publisher: Pan Macmillan Jon Ronson has been on patrol with America's real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He's met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and asked a...
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Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-28 Pages: 388 Language: English Publisher: Pan Macmillan Jon Ronson has been on patrol with America's real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He's met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and asked a conscious robot if she's got a soul. Fascinated by madness. strange behaviour and the human mind. Jon has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. Collected here from various sources (including the Guardian and GQ) are the best of his adventures. Frequently hilarious. sometimes disturbing. always entertaining. these fascinating stories of the chaos that lies on the fringe of our daily lives will have you wondering just what we're capable of.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781447223917 (1447223918)
Publish date: March 1st 2013
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 471
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Book Club,
Science,
Journalism,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Short Stories
Ronson interviews people who are unusual. Sometimes for their beliefs, sometimes for the jobs, sometimes even just for their incomes. He is often sympathetic to horrible situations, particularly the grief of parents for missing children. In turn, he is harshest on those who abuse grieving parents (S...
Ronson writes with a light self-deprecating humor, but the topics he writes about are often deadly serious. One of the most touching aspects of these articles and interviews is that he clearly wants his subjects to like him and to get along with him, even when he is interviewing borderline psychopa...
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