Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson

Them is Jon Ronson’s rather lighthearted journey through the world of various extremists, including Muslim fundamentalists, white supremacists and a range of conspiracy theorist loons. Ronson, like Louis Theroux, approaches each of these groups in a spirit of trying to understand them, and because of this granted much more access than he would have been in other circumstances, giving great insight into these generally rather shady worlds.

In fact, Ronson appears to rather like quite a lot of the people involved, even as he clearly disagrees with the things they hold dear. And although the book is funny, and full of rather charming asides that show the absurdity of the positions of these groups, it seems to be done with respect for the people themselves, which makes for a much warmer and more interesting insight into these people’s lives.

Them: Adventures with Extremists on Amazon

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