The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
$18.43
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
29 February 2012
Summary
What if society wasn’t fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly compelling adventure into the world of madness.
Along the way, Jon meets psychopaths, those whose lives have been touched by madness and those whose job it is to diagnose it, including the influential psychologist who developed the Psychopath Test, from whom Jon learns the art of psychopath-spotting. A skill which seemingly reveals that madness could indeed be at th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330492270 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0330492276 |
| Author: | Ronson Jon |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 29 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 199g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Picador |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
‘The belly laughs come thick and fast my God, he is funny … Ronson’s new book is provocative and interesting, and you will, I guarantee, zip merrily through it’ Observer
‘I began The Psychopath Test late at night, tired, dispirited and ill - then found myself laughing like the proverbial loon for page after page’ Will Self, Guardian ‘The belly laughs come thick and fast - my God, he is funny … Ronson’s new book is provocative and interesting, and you will, I guarantee, zip merrily through it’ Observer
Ronson Jon
Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of three bestsellers: Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Psychopath Test, and two collections, Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness and What I Do: More True Tales. He lives in London.
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