Description
This witty collection of journalism and diary-style observations explores the strange logic behind ordinary life, from domestic misunderstandings and social embarrassments to the private obsessions that shape everyday behavior. With self-deprecating humor, the narrator turns an amused—and sometimes exasperated—eye on family life, friendships, celebrity culture, and his own peculiar habits. The book then broadens into investigations of eccentric beliefs, public scandal, and the ways irrationality can be encouraged or exploited by people in positions of influence. Sharp, candid, and conversational, it reveals the unsettling humor and hidden absurdity beneath the routines of modern life.
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paperback
Picador
Published Mar 6, 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 9780330448321
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Details
First Published
2006
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Out of the Ordinary True Tales of Everyday Craziness by Jon Ronson.