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Call of the Weird
Louis Theroux
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Description for Call of the Weird
Paperback. Louis Theroux's hilarious and thought-provoking journey through weird America Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
For ten years Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the things they believe, and to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them. Along the way Louis thinks about what drives him to spend so much time among weird people, and considers whether he's learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with them. Has he manipulated the people he's interviewed, or ... Read more
For ten years Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the things they believe, and to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them. Along the way Louis thinks about what drives him to spend so much time among weird people, and considers whether he's learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with them. Has he manipulated the people he's interviewed, or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330435703
SKU
9780330435703
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About Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux went to America after graduating from Oxford University, where he wrote for satirical magazine Spy. After working on Michael Moore's 'TV Nation', Louis hosted his own show, 'Weird Weekends' for the BBC. He followed this with the hugely popular series 'Louis meets...' in which he spent time with, amongst others, Jimmy Savile, Neil and Christine Hamilton, and Chris ... Read more
Reviews for Call of the Weird
Curled Up with a Good Book, 8/08 It's a fun read, but even more so, it's an interesting one. You'll have trouble putting it down...Theroux presents the humanity in his subjects without necessarily sympathizing with them, walking the fine line between their extreme views and the normalcy of everyday life... Alternately funny and disturbing...An excellent read.