The Call of the Weird
Travels in American Subcultures
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The Call of the Weird
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Narrated by:
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Louis Theroux
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Louis Theroux
About this listen
Read by the author, this is Louis Theroux's hilarious and thought-provoking journey through weird America.
For 10 years, Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the things they believe, and to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them. Along the way, Louis thinks about what drives him to spend so much time among weird people and considers whether he's learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with them. Has he manipulated the people he's interviewed, or have they manipulated him?
From his Las Vegas base, Louis revisits the assorted dreamers and outlaws who have been his TV feeding ground. Attempting to understand a little about himself and the workings of his own mind, Louis considers questions such as: what is the difference between pathology and "normal" weirdness? Is there something particularly weird about Americans? What does it mean to be weird, or "to be yourself"? And do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us?
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This download, superbly and personally narrated by Louis, is HIGHLY recommended.
One of my favourite downloads so far
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Would you listen to The Call of the Weird again? Why?
I would listen to this book again as it's very short and I love the documentary series that the book proceedsWhat did you like best about this story?
The book rounds up and more or less concludes the random 'weird' people Louis has met whilst recording his documentary with additional side stories throughout!What about Louis Theroux’s performance did you like?
Louis accents are performed well and are not cheesey, luckily as I had doubts.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
It's not a book you need to sit and listen to in one go as the stories are seperate and each to their own. Like the episodes. They are not related other than Louis is documenting their activists and asking them about what they do and why.Any additional comments?
If you're a fan of the shows then the book is worth while. If you've never seen the shows, either go watch them, or don't but this as you will have absolutely no idea who he is referring to. Even if you had heard of a few of the characters you'd need to have seen the show to fully appreciate the follow on, which is, this book.Fan of the show
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Nice follow up on Louis documentaries
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Fans of Theroux's work will welcome the nostalgia of these personalities, and an element of closure is offered. However, Theroux does his bet to pry but there is always more to be learnt. This is not a criticism of the author - especially given the complexity of the webs he is seeking to untangle! The trademark delivery of the documentaries is retained.
Not that long of a read so good for those in a hurry!
Top form from Theroux
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great investigations by Louis
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