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‘Funny and thought provoking’ - Financial TimesFascinated by madness, strange behaviour and the human mind, Jon Ronson has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. Collected from various sources, including GQ and The Guardian, Lost at Sea features the very best of his adventures.Jon has been on patrol with America’s real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He has met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and asked a conscious robot if she has a soul.Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing, always entertaining, these fascinating stories of the chaos that lies on the fringes of our daily lives will have you wondering just what we’re capable of.Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
CONTRIBUTORS: Jon Ronson
EAN: 9781035039203
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 380 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: HUMOR / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
WIDTH: 131 cm
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Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Social, group or collective psychology, News media and journalism, Humour
Compelling and eye-opening . . . hugely compulsive reading., One of the finest comic writers working today., Funny and thought-provoking.
Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of many bestselling books, including So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Lost at Sea, The Men Who Stare at Goats and Them: Adventures with Extremists. His acclaimed podcasts include Things Fell Apart and The Butterfly Effect, and he co-wrote the screenplays for the movies Okja and Frank. He lives in New York.
‘Funny and thought provoking’ - Financial TimesFascinated by madness, strange behaviour and the human mind, Jon Ronson has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. Collected from various sources, including GQ and The Guardian, Lost at Sea features the very best of his adventures.Jon has been on patrol with America’s real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He has met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and asked a conscious robot if she has a soul.Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing, always entertaining, these fascinating stories of the chaos that lies on the fringes of our daily lives will have you wondering just what we’re capable of.Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
CONTRIBUTORS: Jon Ronson
EAN: 9781035039203
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 380 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: HUMOR / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
WIDTH: 131 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Social, group or collective psychology, News media and journalism, Humour
Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of many bestselling books, including So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Lost at Sea, The Men Who Stare at Goats and Them: Adventures with Extremists. His acclaimed podcasts include Things Fell Apart and The Butterfly Effect, and he co-wrote the screenplays for the movies Okja and Frank. He lives in New York.
