false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178759343m/833971.jpg 833971 2 A collection of Jon's "Guardian" features, reworked and with new material, with a common theme: the ways in which people get themselves into wholly irrational bubbles, within which all manner of lunacy makes perfect sense. In Jon's previous two books, "Them" and "The Men Who Stare at Goats", the nuttiness took place a long way from everyday life - on US military bases, or at Jihad training camps, or during conclaves of powerful men gathered for an annual ritual in a redwood forest. In "Out of the Ordinary", the nuttiness is much closer to home - it's mainstream, domestic, ordinary insanity. The book consists of three parts. In part one, Jon will rework four pieces. The first is about his parents commissioning a local artist to paint a Ronson family portrait. The second is about Jon taking his son, Joel, to Lapland, to meet Santa. The third is about Jon doing the Alpha course and nearly finding God. The fourth piece will be a major reworking of his "Out of the Ordinary" weekly column in the form of a diary. Part two consists of two long pieces about courtroom dramas: the Who Wants to be a Millionaire coughing major trial, and the trial of Jonathan King on charges of sexually molesting under-age boys. And part three will be about nuttiness in the world of celebrity. Out of the Ordinary will be Jon Ronson at his inimitable best: hilarious, thought-provoking and with an unerring eye for human frailty. 819596 3 1 2006 Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness total:41|5:7|4:17|3:12|2:4|1:1| 41 148 79 5 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 15:12:29 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 15:16:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 20:29:52 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 21 16:42:48 -0700 2007 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheats and on Kubrick's home are fantastic though.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 14 20:19:23 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 20:19:52 -0700 2007 easy to read in chunks]]> 4 0 true false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 20 05:46:34 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 20 05:47:29 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jun 23 11:04:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 11:04:41 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 01:17:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 01:17:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 11:59:06 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:59:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 15:33:37 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:33:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 18:25:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:25:50 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 03 20:13:42 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 20:13:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 12:10:53 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 12:10:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 06:21:40 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 06:21:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 16 05:52:36 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 05:52:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 13:04:51 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:04:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 06:08:37 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 05:41:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 06:08:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 09:55:09 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 09:55:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 09 18:17:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:17:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 09 10:49:21 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 10:49:21 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Aug 03 03:28:23 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 03:28:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 26 20:32:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 20:32:09 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=833971