Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

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But experts are for other journalists; Ronson asks this burning question of only four people: his reader (multiple times), King (who "won't be drawn on the subject"), one of King's friends who admits to helping King ply young boys with whiskey ("How many times do you have to go back before you decide that you don't like being fucked? Other subjects are equally fascinating such as finding out pop star Robbie Williams is a UFO enthusiast and that Stanley Kubrick was a hoarder of everything related to his film career. It's as if he's lowered his ambitions to the level that he can take all sorts of awfulness as long as people talk to him with a little respect.

The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones Jon follows a group of real-life superheroes as they try and fight crime on the streets of America. If you haven't come across Ronson yet then you might like his writing if the weird and wonderful interests you or if you like the documentary style of Louis Theroux (who Ronson is inevitably compared with). Whether he is following a religious group that wants to donate their kidneys, an ex-cult leader that is now big in the business world teaching influencing others, looking through Stanley Kubrick’s estate, or interviewing Margaret Keane about the theft of her artwork…. and so many more highly interesting people and stories that time and space do not allow me to describe.

and one of the victims (who was, to his everlasting credit, more polite about the question that I would have been). Collected from various sources (including the Guardian and GQ) Lost at Sea features the very best of his adventures. Incredible story of an American priest who helps people without physical illnesses to commit suicide. As he covers real people who have been affected, you wonder what kind of world we live in where openly preying on "subprime" people is an acceptable way to earn a living. Portions of this book have appeared previously, in slightly different form, in Out of the Ordinary , What I Do , the Guardian and GQ (USA).

He never forces his opinion on you, yet he offers the most interesting, quirky stories from everyday life, proving Freud's theory that normality is utopia.Collected here from various sources including the Guardian and GQ America are the best of his adventures. He is seemingly capable of taking any topic and making it not only interesting but tangibly, and often beautifully, human. Lord Kitchener (1922 – 2000) was one of the most iconic and prolific calypso artists of the 20th century.

It's a delight to be given titbits of people, and delve into small snapshots, especially when it's on the wilder side. I found this piece more irritating than gripping, but was intrigued by the subject - one that nobody talks about. Unlike Ronson's previous books of (if I remember Jon Stewart's phrase correctly) "satirical investigative journalism," Lost at Sea is more anthology than narrative, with the only unifying theme being that people are just really damned strange. And he frequently in this chapter uses this opinion to strongly imply that the charges against King are motivated entirely by homophobia (rather than put forth the possibility that perhaps crimes against underage girls are under-prosecuted because of sexism).The poet and musician Anthony Joseph met and spoke to Lord Kitchener just once, in 1984, when he found the calypso icon standing alone for a moment in the heat of Port of Spain s Queen’s Park Savannah, one Carnival Monday afternoon. They could have explained that a 40-year-old man with fantastic amounts of financial and social power, not to mention years of experience in selecting and grooming victims, would have been skilled in manipulation. e., racism -- that drives people to rob him of his hard-earned money and keeps him from being promoted. The question of why the boys "went back for more" is repeated over and over again in this chapter, but only as a means to cast doubt on the charges, and never as a genuine question to be explored by actual experts on the complexities of abuse and victimization. Are they highly evolved souls sent to guide the human race towards a better future, or just kids with ADHD and deluded parents?