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基本信息
·出版社：Pan Books; New Ed edition
·页码：256 页码
·出版日：2006年
·ISBN：9780330435703
·条码：9780330435703
·装帧：平装
·开本：32开 32开
内容简介
For ten years, Louis Theroux has been making programs about off-beat characters on the fringes of U.S. 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 hes learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with them. Has he manipulated the people hes interviewed, or have they manipulated him? From his Las Vegas base, Louis revisits the assorted dreamers and outlaws who have been his TV feeding ground. Attempting to understand a little about himself and the workings of his own mind, Louis considers questions such as: What is the difference between pathology and normal weirdness? Is there something particularly weird about Americans? What does it mean to be weird, or to be yourself? And do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us?--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.
作者简介
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 Eubank.
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From Publishers Weekly
Ten years after hosting a BBC series on weird American subcultures, Theroux decided to make a "Reunion Tour" and write a book about how his interviewees'' lives had changed. Theroux''s weird Americans were UFO enthusiasts, porn stars, Aryan Nation white supremacists, brothel prostitutes, gangsta rappers, become-a-millionaire scammers, Heaven''s Gate survivors and, strangely, Ike Turner. Theroux (son of writer Paul Theroux) likes them because he believes they use weirdness to feel "alive," and that''s "more important than telling the truth." Apart from that, what they have in common, 10 years later, is their unavailability—the porn star had become a computer programmer, the UFOer was inhabiting a different reality, and the prostitute was either born-again or doing drugs, hard to say. So Theroux settled for talking to others in their communities. Although he sometimes criticizes himself for botching things (trying unsuccessfully to attend the Millionaires seminar as the guest of a blacklisted former adherent), Theroux never criticizes his subjects, confining himself to what he hopes will be inoffensive questions—like, have you "ever thought of trying to be less racist?" As their rants become repetitious, these "weird" subjects become surprisingly boring. By the end, readers may wonder why Theroux still finds these people so "alive," so interesting.(Feb.)
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(Kirkus Reviews, 11/15/2006)
"Alternately fascinating and sad."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Alarm, December 2006
"Easy and enjoyable to read (Theroux''s writing light, clever, and witty)...Convey[s] the beauty, absurdity, and pathos of life."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The New York Times, 2/7/07
"From time to time, Mr. Theroux does come up with a nice, fat fish to shoot at in his barrel. He is a facile, amusing writer."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Boston Sunday Globe, 2/11/07
"An artful piece of work."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
BlogCritics.org, 2/19/07
"Theroux writes in an enjoyable, well-paced fashion."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Providence Journal, 3/11/07
"Marvelous collection of oddballs, fanatics and true believers...Wittily skeptical, breezily sardonic yet strangely fascinating."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Columbia Daily Spectator(Columbia University), 3/5/07
"Pure, voyeuristic entertainment. Theroux writes with a dry, witty sense of humor."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Miami Herald, 3/13/07
"An engaging read for enthusiasts of examining the fringes."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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