Lost at sea : the Jon Ronson mysteries
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781594631375, 1594631379
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Cumberland - Non-Fiction (2nd Floor)
7788 SOCIALSCI-CULTSTUDIES-RON
1 available
7788 SOCIALSCI-CULTSTUDIES-RON
1 available
East Greenwich - Adult Non-Fiction
306 RON
1 available
306 RON
1 available
North Kingstown - Non-Fiction (Lower Level)
306 Ron
1 available
306 Ron
1 available
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.
Language
English
ISBN
9781594631375, 1594631379
Notes
Description
Ronson investigates the strange things we are willing to believe in, from lifelike robots programmed with the personalities of our loved ones to indigo children to hyper successful spiritual healers. He looks at ordinary lives that take on extraordinary perspectives, for instance a pop singer whose greatest passion is the coming alien invasion, and the scientist designated to greet those aliens when they arrive. Ronson throws himself into the stories. In a tour de force piece, he splits himself into multiple Ronsons (Happy, Paul, and Titch, among others) to get to the bottom of predatory tactics of credit card companies and the murky, fabulously wealthy companies behind those tactics. Amateur nuclear physicists, assisted-suicide practitioners, the town of North Pole, a Christmas-induced high school mass-murder plot: Ronson explores all these tales with a sense of higher purpose and universality, and suddenly, mid-read, they are stories not about the fringe of society or about people far removed from our own experience, but about all of us.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cumberland - Non-Fiction (2nd Floor) | 7788 SOCIALSCI-CULTSTUDIES-RON | On Shelf |
East Greenwich - Adult Non-Fiction | 306 RON | On Shelf |
North Kingstown - Non-Fiction (Lower Level) | 306 Ron | On Shelf |
Pawtucket - Adult Non-Fiction | HM 649 R66 2012 | On Shelf |
Woonsocket Harris - Adult Non-Fiction | 306 RON | On Shelf |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ronson, J. (2012). Lost at sea: the Jon Ronson mysteries . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ronson, Jon, 1967-. 2012. Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ronson, Jon, 1967-. Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries Riverhead Books, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ronson, Jon. Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries Riverhead Books, 2012.
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