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The call of the weird : travels in American subcultures

The author presents a collection of stories based upon his interviews with ten unusual characters across America including a man who claimed to have killed ten aliens from space, a Neo-Nazi folk group, and the leader of a white supremist organization.

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  • "A book that chronicles the author's travels among subcultures in america, including a man who claims to have killed 10 aliens, and a neo-Nazi whose daughters have formed a white power folk singing group."
  • "The author presents a collection of stories based upon his interviews with ten unusual characters across America including a man who claimed to have killed ten aliens from space, a Neo-Nazi folk group, and the leader of a white supremist organization."@en
  • "For ten 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?"
  • "No, it doesn't get any weirder than this: Thor Templar, Lord Commander of the Earth Protectorate, who claims to have killed ten aliens. Or April, the Neo-Nazi bringing up her twin daughters Lamb and Lynx (A.K.A. Prussian Blue, a white-power folk group for kids) and her youngest daughter, Dresden. For a decade, Louis Theroux has been making acclaimed television programs about offbeat characters on the fringes of U.S. society. Now he revisits the people who have intrigued him the most to try to discover what motivates them-and why they hold their bizarre beliefs. Reflecting on these assorted dreamers, schemers, and outlaws, Theroux entertainingly and unforgettably creates "a moving, funny, and frightening exposE of America and its often elusive dream" (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)."@en
  • "No, it doesn't get any weirder than this: Thor Templar, Lord Commander of the Earth Protectorate, who claims to have killed ten aliens. Or April, the Neo-Nazi bringing up her twin daughters Lamb and Lynx (A.K.A. Prussian Blue, a white-power folk group for kids) and her youngest daughter, Dresden. For a decade, Louis Theroux has been making acclaimed television programs about offbeat characters on the fringes of U.S. society. Now he revisits the people who have intrigued him the most to try to discover what motivates them-and why they hold their bizarre beliefs. Reflecting on these assorted dre"@en

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  • "The call of the weird : travels in American subcultures"@en
  • "The call of the weird : travels in American subcultures"
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  • "The Call of the Weird Travels in American Subcultures"@en
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