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Gotta Get Theroux This - My Life and Strange Times in Television (CD, Unabridged edition)
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Gotta Get Theroux This - My Life and Strange Times in Television (CD, Unabridged edition)
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The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Honest and soul-searching' - Sunday
Express From much-loved documentary maker Louis Theroux comes a
funny, heartfelt and entertaining account of his life and weird
times in TV. ______________ In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis
Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation,
presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky,
socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to
this exciting opportunity was panic. But he'd always been drawn to
off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry the day.
Or, you know, maybe it wouldn't . . . In Gotta Get Theroux This,
Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone
childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously
accepting the BBC's offer of his own series, he went on to create
an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in
the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive
pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford
and Chris Eubank and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all
the time wondering whether the same qualities that make him good at
documentaries might also make him bad at life. As Louis woos his
beautiful wife Nancy and learns how to be a father, he also dares
to take on the powerful Church of Scientology. Just as challenging
is the revelation that one of his old subjects, Jimmy Savile, was a
secret sexual predator, prompting him to question our understanding
of how evil takes place. Filled with wry observation and
self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his most insightful and
honest best. ______________ 'Funny, engaging' - Sunday Times
'Gripping' - Daily Mail 'Absorbing and surprisingly candid' -
Telegraph Magazine
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