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Not a coherent story or narrative but a collection of little articles

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If jon ronson wrote the telephone book i would read it

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In lost at sea the reader gets a selection of 22 pieces of short nonfiction by journalist jon ronson on subjects ranging from robbie williams alien obsession to how credit card companies decide who to send direct mail to

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Then there are looks into the cutting edge of science which range from attempts to build a robot that realistically duplicates a human personality to homemade experiments in nuclear fission

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You also get a few financial pieces such as a precrash look at credit card debt and a piece where ronson looks at income inequality in the u

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The chapter where ronson duplicates a james bond adventure was a favorite as it poked a few holes in the mystique weve built up around britains most famous fictional spy while letting the joke often be on the author

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In general ronsons access to newsmakers of one stripe or another gives him a unique perspective that i found quite illuminating though ill caution that if you dont share ronsons cultural and political affinities youre likely to be frustrated by some of his reportingstill there are some fascinating things in here like stanley kubricks collection of boxes or his personal connection to the who wants to be a millionaire cheating scandal

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He knows just what questions to ask how to get his interviewees to open up and spill details that a lesser journalist could never elicit