Books What happens when Jon Ronson's THEM, a book about cooky Americans is released in their own country? He gets reviews like this one from The Book Reporter: "First off, Jon Ronson is something of a smart ass --- albeit a smart ass of a very high order. Unlike comedians and essayists, who are always commenting on things, Ronson is a journalist; he exposes the silly underbelly of pompous people by using their own words against them. He's the master of the quote that says 10 times as much as it appears to, of the uninflected description that is more damning than a thousand adjectives." I really miss his weekly articles from The Guardian on a Saturday. I alway wonder what happened to that man and his wind-breaks...

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