The Psychopath Test, 9781035038510
Paperback
Venture into madness: can you spot the psychopath within?

The Psychopath Test

a journey through the madness industry

$23.28

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    27 May 2024

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Summary

Are You Normal? Take The Psychopath Test and Find Out!

What if society wasn’t fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly compelling adventure into the world of madness.

Along the way, Jon meets psychopaths, those whose lives have been touched by madness, and those whose job it is to diagnose it, including the influential psychologist who developed the Psychopath Test, from whom Jon learns the art of psychopath-spotting. …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035038510
ISBN-10:103503851X
Series:Picador Collection
Author:Jon Ronson
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:27 May 2024
Weight:220g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The belly laughs come thick and fast - my God, he is funny … and you will, I guarantee, zip merrily through it. * The Observer *An entertaining exploration of madness. * The Sunday Times *Ronson is one of the finest comic writers working today. – Will Self * The Guardian *Ronson has a fine journalist’s nose for sniffing out the most entertaining monsters to interview … chirpy, inquisitive, funny. – Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *A thoughtful and funny read. * Stylist *A typical treat, a semi-sinister, half-hilarious trip into the dark side. * List *Thought-provoking, wry, incisive. * Tatler *

About The Author

Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of many bestselling books, including So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Lost at Sea, The Men Who Stare at Goats and Them: Adventures with Extremists. His acclaimed podcasts include Things Fell Apart and The Butterfly Effect, and he co-wrote the screenplays for the movies Okja and Frank. He lives in New York.

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