Jon Ronson 4 Books Bundle Collection Set

Jon Ronson 4 Books Bundle Collection Set brings together four works by Jon Ronson, each centred on unusual corners of modern life and the people drawn into them. Across the collection, Ronson travels, observes and reports on subjects ranging from mental health and diagnosis to public outrage and extremist groups.

The set includes The Psychopath Test, which follows an investigation into madness and the practice of identifying psychopaths, and So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, based on three years of meeting people caught up in high-profile online and public humiliations. Them: Adventures with Extremists documents a journey involving encounters with extremists and unsettling, sometimes comic situations, while The Men Who Stare At Goats describes a secret US Army unit formed in 1979 that pursued ideas said to defy conventional military practice and even the laws of physics.

Included titles

• The Psychopath Test
• So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
• Them Adventures with Extremists
• The Men Who Stare At Goats

Key details

• Four-book bundle collection set
• Written by Jon Ronson
• Includes The Psychopath Test
• Includes So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
• Includes Them Adventures with Extremists
• Includes The Men Who Stare At Goats

Synopses

The Psychopath Test

Prompted by the idea that society may be driven by insanity rather than rationality, Jon Ronson embarks on an investigation into madness. He meets psychopaths, people affected by madness, and those whose work is to diagnose it, including the psychologist who developed the Psychopath Test. Along the way, he learns the art of psychopath-spotting.

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

Over three years, Jon Ronson travels the world meeting people who have experienced high-profile public shamings. They are ordinary individuals whose joke on social media went wrong or who made a mistake at work. Once their transgression becomes public, collective outrage builds rapidly and they find themselves targeted by an angry mob.

Them Adventures with Extremists

In Them, Jon sets out, with the help of extremists, to locate a particular room. The journey is described as both creepy and comic. Along the way he is chased by men in dark glasses, unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp, and witnesses international CEOs and politicians taking part in a pagan ritual in the forests of northern California.

The Men Who Stare At Goats

In 1979, a secret unit is established by gifted minds within the US Army. Defying known military practice and the laws of physics, they believe a soldier could become invisible, pass through walls, and even kill goats by staring at them.