In the second volume of his collected Guardian journalism, Jon hilariously demonstrates how our everyday lives are determined by the craziest thoughts and obsessions; how we spend our time believing in and getting worked up by complete nonsense. But also, as he chillingly demonstrates, there are clever people working in the highest echelons of business who are employed to spot, nurture and exploit the irrationalities of those among us who can barely cope as it is.
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In part one, read about the time Jon inadvertently made a lewd gesture to a passing fourteen-year-old girl late at night in the lobby of a country-house hotel. And about his burgeoning obsession with a new neighbour who refused to ask him what he did for a living, despite Jon’s constant dropping of intriguing hints. And about the embarrassment of being caught recycling small talk at a party. In part two, read some of Jon’s longer stories, which explore manifestations of insanity in the wider world: the tiny town of North Pole, Alaska, where it’s Christmas 365 days of the year; behind the scenes at Deal or No Deal, which Jon likens to a cult with Noel Edmonds as its high priest; a meeting with TV hypnotist Paul McKenna, who has joined forces with a self-help guru who once stood trial for murder – but can they cure Jon of his one big phobia? As hilarious as it is perturbing, Jon Ronson’s new collection is a treat for everyone who has ever suspected themselves to be at the mercy of forces they can barely comprehend.
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Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of three bestsellers, Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare At Goats, and The Psychopath Test, and three collections, Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness, What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness, and Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries. He lives in London and New York City.
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In this installment of investigative journalism, Jon Ronson peers behind the scenes of British TV's "Deal or No Deal" where he discovers obsessive participants holed up in their hotel believing that the show's "Banker" is watching and listening to their every move. He investigates the phenomenon of the "Indigo Children" where some parents would prefer to believe that their child's issues are due to them being highly-evolved and divine "Chosen Ones" rather than suffering from anything more mundane. Ronson visits the Alaskan town of North Pole, a tourist resort where it's Christmas 365 days of the year, to discover a group of teenagers so sick of it having been Christmas every day all their lives, they were caught plotting a Columbine-style shooting. Ronson also looks at the case of the man driven to suicide through relentless pressure from credit card companies.
This is the second of Ronson's engaging and well-written books that combine a selection of his Guardian newspaper columns about his life with his own family, and the more interesting section where he's investigating the stories as mentioned above.
This is the second of Ronson's engaging and well-written books that combine a selection of his Guardian newspaper columns about his life with his own family, and the more interesting section where he's investigating the stories as mentioned above.
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What you always expect from Jon Ronson,, intelligently written very funny, makes me realise how 'normal' I am? I recommend it to all Jon Ronson fans or just fans of the odd & eccentric, my favourite kind of people!
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Loved this and the interesting topics that Jon Robeson covers. Chapters that had m engrossed were the Deal or no Deal and the Indigo children. Loved the reoccurring theme with the neighbour as well. Had me laughing out loud more than once
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Another entertaining collection
I do hope Jon Ronson is well paid for his journalism if only to compensate his wife Elaine for his indiscreet (and hilarious) revelations of the everyday bickerings and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by David Williams
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excellent value
very very pleased with this bag. It looks good and is really roomy with an exterior and two interior pockets - ideal for stashing passports and tickets in a safe accessible place. Read more
Published 2 months ago by rosybank
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Jon Ronson is quite amusing
Although some of these (originally newspaper) articles did not merit being repeated in a book, this was fluffy and entertaining.
Published 5 months ago by pavanne
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Soooooo funny
This book would cheer any one up it hilarious & so well written fantastic read I have also bought two more of his books. psychopath test is the best book I have read
Published 5 months ago by Miss S. J. Platt
3.0 out of 5 stars
An odd compilation of disparate content
It's okay.
It's a collection of stuff from The Guardian, basically - like other of Ronson's books, though this one is less connected. Read more
It's a collection of stuff from The Guardian, basically - like other of Ronson's books, though this one is less connected. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2011 by James Cridland
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Brilliant and easy to read.
Jon Ronson should write all books - I'd have read everything by now! A brilliant mix of everyday encounters and deeper journalistic pieces. Read more
Published on 30 July 2010 by Super Drumkit Dominator
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A weak collection of Ronson's articles.
A poor man's Louis Theroux...that's the best way to describe Jon Ronson. A feather-light Louis Theroux. Read more
Published on 10 July 2008 by Hanglemez Pallaccini
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Amusing
Not being an avid Guardian reader I was not that familiar with Jon Ronson's column and articles for the paper and had I not been given 'What I Do' as a present I doubt I would have... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2008 by C. Green
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Simply the most fun I have had reading a book in a long time, I am regularly to be seen laughing out loud while reading about Jon's somewhat neurotic (yet very normal) everyday... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2007 by Stephen Mcauley
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