The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign

The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the “Alt-Right” (Kindle Single)

"This is a deeply salient read." -Nick Offerman

â€œBut Hillary is a known Luciferian,â€ he tried.

â€œSheâ€™s not a known Luciferian,â€ I said.

â€œWell, yes and no,â€ he said.

In The Elephant in the Room, Jon Ronson, the New York Times-Bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, Them, and So Youâ€™ve Been Publicly Shamed, travels to Cleveland at the height of summer to witness the Republican National Convention. Along the way, he reunites with an old acquaintanceâ€”the influential provocateur and conspiracy talk-show host Alex Jonesâ€”who draws him, unexpectedly, into one of the most bizarre presidential campaigns in American history.

From the private Winnebago where conspiracy theorists and fearmongers discuss key campaign decisions, to a chance encounter with notorious political operative Roger Stone, Ronsonâ€™s picaresque journey into Donald Trumpâ€™s atmosphere introduces us to the people who orbit the campaign machine, and discovers what makes them tickâ€”and what ticks them off. Whimsical, hilarious and often downright terrifying, The Elephant in the Room captures a defining moment in our time as only Jon Ronson could see it.

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Jon Ronson's nonfiction books So Youâ€™ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures with Extremists, Lost at Sea and The Men Who Stare At Goats have all been international and/or New York Times bestsellers, and have been translated into more than 26 languages.

The Men Who Stare At Goats was adapted into a film starring George Clooney. The film adaptation of The Psychopath Test is currently in development starring Scarlett Johansson, directed by Jay Roach, and with a screenplay by Kristin Gore.

Ronsonâ€™s original screenplays include â€œFrank,â€ which he co-wrote with Peter Straughan. â€œFrankâ€ won the 2014 best screenplay award at the British Independent Film Awards. His latest film, â€œOkja,â€ which stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano, and is directed by Bong Joon-Ho, will be released in 2017.

Ronson is a regular contributor to The Guardian, This American Life, the New York Times magazine and GQ magazine, and has appeared as a guest on â€œThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart,â€ â€œConan,â€ and â€œInside Amy Schumer.â€ His many UK documentaries include â€œStanley Kubrick's Boxes,â€ â€œThe Secret Rulers of the World,â€ and seven seasons of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 program â€œJon Ronson Onâ€¦â€

He lives at the moment in New York, where heâ€™s working on an audio series for Audible called The Butterfly Effect.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-09-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-09-27
Format	Kindle eBook

The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the “Alt-Right” (Kindle Single)

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