A New York Timesâbestselling author hangs out with conspiracy theorists and hunts for the Bilderberg Group in this âhilarious, disturbingâ memoir (The New York Times).
A wide variety of extremist groups, from Islamic fundamentalists to neo-Nazis, share the oddly similar belief that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, journalist Jon Ronson has joined the extremists to track down the fabled secret room.
As a journalist and a Jew, Ronson was often considered one of âThem,â but he had no idea if their meetings actually took place. Was he just not invited? Them takes us across three continents and into the secret room. Along the way he meets Omar Bakri Mohammed, considered one of the most dangerous men in Great Britain, PR-savvy Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Thom Robb, and the survivors of Ruby Ridge. He is chased by men in dark glasses and unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp. In the forests of northern California he even witnesses CEOs and leading politiciansâlike Dick Cheneyâundertake a bizarre owl ritual.
Ronsonâs investigations, by turns creepy and comical, reveal some alarming things about the looking-glass world of âusâ and âthem.â Them is a deep and fascinating look at the lives and minds of extremists. Are the extremists onto something? Or is Jon Ronson becoming one of them?
âJon Ronson has managed to write a hugely amusing book about the lunatic fringe.â âThe Washington Post
âThem is at times funny, other times unsettling, but always astonishing.â âBooklist
âIt takes a funny man to see the humor in all the conspiracy theories that float hatefully across the land, and Jon Ronson is a funny man. It takes a brave man to chase that humor right into the belly of the beast, and Jon Ronson is a brave man too.â âThe San Diego Union-Tribune
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