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Them was longlisted for the guardians first book award, until it was disqualified for not being, strictly speaking, his first book he grew up in cardiff and began his journalistic career as an awardwinning columnist for. Nevertheless, he fought their cases in court and a huge proportion of them walked free. Jon ronson, journalist and author of the psychopath test and the men who stare at goats, talks about his recent podcast the last days of august, which examines the death of a canadianborn porn star who was publicly shamed on twitter. Jon ronson, journalist, documentary filmmaker, radio. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jons connections. People looking everywhere to find a placeany placewhere, for once, they dont have to be the odd man out. Simultaneously powerful and hilarious in the way only jon ronson can be, so youve been publicly shamed is a deeply honest book about modern life, full of eyeopening truths about the escalating war on human flaws and the very scary part we all play in it. Jan 12, 2014 frank sidebottom was possibly the strangest pop star in history. Jon ronson is the author of the men who stare at goats and the psychopath test. For his latest book, so youve been publicly shamed, jon ronson spent three years traveling the world and talking to people whod been subjected to highprofile public shamings. The last days of august examines what may have driven. Radio 4 programme jon ronson on his most recent works are the audible original series the.
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