The Castle

Fantastic and intensely of-the-moment, The Castle explores the nature of male anxiety, the spiralling delusions of the internet, the destructive allure of anti-woke defiance, the obsequious flattery of AI chatbots, the impunity of the mega-rich and so many other subtle (and not so subtle) currents that are currently roiling our existence … one of the scarier aspects of this book is the way the ante seems always to be upping, across its various stories and characters. It’s a dogged feat of investigation from one of our greatest non-fiction storytellers – PATRICK RADDEN KEEFERidiculously compelling and wonderfully weird, this is a book that helps us understand why so many men seem to be unravelling, filling their lives with ill-conceived dreams and self-performance. The Castle is vintage Ronson: wise, timely and extremely funny – LOUIS THEROUXAddictively readable, I loved The Castle. This is a much-needed book – an anti-sensationalist yet utterly compelling investigation into the masculinity crisis – DOLLY ALDERTONEvery Jon Ronson book has made me see the world differently. Nobody tells an unbelievable-but-true story like him. He’s done it again with The Castle: I was utterly gripped from page one. If you want a totally compelling live mystery that will make you burn for justice, READ THIS BOOK URGENTLY – MARINA HYDEJon Ronson is an essential guide in these disorienting times. I love everything that Ronson writes but The Castle is a particular gem, a story of his own making in the collapsing world of twenty-first century masculinity. Wonderfully breathless and weird and open, it feels hallucinatory and all too real at the same time – SAM KNIGHTThe Castle is an investigation into one man that broadens into an enquiry into the state of all men. Jon Ronson is such a companiable narrator, and this book is by turns horrifying, hilarious, bizarre and gripping – ED CAESAR Ronson delivers a by turns amusing and harrowing report on the desultory state of contemporary men … brilliant … Ronson’s intuitive but still rigorous approach makes this a blockbuster portrait of men gone mad * Publishers Weekly *

Jon Ronson’s non-fiction books include So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Them- Adventures with Extremists, Lost at Sea and The Men Who Stare At Goats. They have all been international and/or New York Times bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.