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The Call of the Weird
An American Road Trip with Neo-Nazis, Porn Stars and One (Alleged) Space Alien
Taschenbuch von Louis Theroux
Sprache: Englisch

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'Crammed with original insights' Guardian

After a decade of making documentaries about offbeat characters on the fringes of US society, Louis had the urge to return to America and track down the people who most fascinated him. It would be a reunion tour, but this time without the cameras and the sense of performance being filmed inevitably brings. It would allow him to get closer to people, to discover what really motivated them and what had happened to the assorted dreamers, outlaws and eccentrics since he last saw them.

On a journey that took him from the porn sets of Los Angeles to the gangsta rappers of Memphis, from a convention of UFO contactees in Arizona to Northern Idaho for a festive get-together of neo-Nazis, Louis considered what 'weird people' have to tell us about our own secret natures. Had he learned anything about himself by being among them? Do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us?

Louis Theroux's first book is a hilarious, thought-provoking and at times surreal voyage into the heart of weirdness.

'Compelling' Financial Times

'[An] exhilarating read' Sunday Express

'Crammed with original insights' Guardian

After a decade of making documentaries about offbeat characters on the fringes of US society, Louis had the urge to return to America and track down the people who most fascinated him. It would be a reunion tour, but this time without the cameras and the sense of performance being filmed inevitably brings. It would allow him to get closer to people, to discover what really motivated them and what had happened to the assorted dreamers, outlaws and eccentrics since he last saw them.

On a journey that took him from the porn sets of Los Angeles to the gangsta rappers of Memphis, from a convention of UFO contactees in Arizona to Northern Idaho for a festive get-together of neo-Nazis, Louis considered what 'weird people' have to tell us about our own secret natures. Had he learned anything about himself by being among them? Do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us?

Louis Theroux's first book is a hilarious, thought-provoking and at times surreal voyage into the heart of weirdness.

'Compelling' Financial Times

'[An] exhilarating read' Sunday Express

Über den Autor
Louis Theroux is an award-winning journalist, documentary film-maker and podcaster whose programmes are shown all over the world. He wrote about his unexpectedly successful career in Gotta Get Theroux This, which was a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2020 he created a hit podcast called Grounded. Theroux the Keyhole is his third book.
Zusammenfassung
A funny, insightful journey into what is so wonderfully weird about America by award-winning documentary film maker Louis Theroux.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - 1: Prologue Chapter - 1: Thor Templar Chapter - 2: JJ Michaels Chapter - 3: Ike Turner Chapter - 4: Mike Cain Chapter - 5: Hayley Chapter - 6: Jerry Gruidl Chapter - 7: Mello T Chapter - 8: Oscody Chapter - 9: Marshall Sylver Chapter - 10: April, Lamb and Lynx Unit - Epilogue : 1
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Produktart: Humor, Comics & Cartoons
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781509893287
ISBN-10: 1509893288
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Theroux, Louis
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 131 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Louis Theroux
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.03.2018
Gewicht: 0,229 kg
Artikel-ID: 110639046
Über den Autor
Louis Theroux is an award-winning journalist, documentary film-maker and podcaster whose programmes are shown all over the world. He wrote about his unexpectedly successful career in Gotta Get Theroux This, which was a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2020 he created a hit podcast called Grounded. Theroux the Keyhole is his third book.
Zusammenfassung
A funny, insightful journey into what is so wonderfully weird about America by award-winning documentary film maker Louis Theroux.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - 1: Prologue Chapter - 1: Thor Templar Chapter - 2: JJ Michaels Chapter - 3: Ike Turner Chapter - 4: Mike Cain Chapter - 5: Hayley Chapter - 6: Jerry Gruidl Chapter - 7: Mello T Chapter - 8: Oscody Chapter - 9: Marshall Sylver Chapter - 10: April, Lamb and Lynx Unit - Epilogue : 1
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Produktart: Humor, Comics & Cartoons
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781509893287
ISBN-10: 1509893288
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Theroux, Louis
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 131 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Louis Theroux
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.03.2018
Gewicht: 0,229 kg
Artikel-ID: 110639046
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