“ Totes recommend John Safran's latest. Deplorable in the best sense. ”
Louis Theroux
“ Safran has always had an unusually receptive antenna for the fraught collision of racial, cultural and religious difference . . . This is an Australia where as soon as you draw a cultural, racial or religious battle line somebody strolls up to smudge it. ”
James Robert Douglas, The Guardian (Australia)
“ [Safran’s’ subjects know in their bones he is going to make them look a bit ridiculous, but he is so non-confrontational that they open up like flowers, and the amusing contradictions pour forth. ”
Peter Kenneally, Sydney Morning Herald
“ Safran’s latest sees him almost match the ‘gonzo nice’ style of his English peers Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux . . . He’s like the sarcastic punk rock kid of the trio, and the funniest . . . Full of cracking one-liners and Safran’s honest-to-a-fault self-deprecation. ”
Christopher Sanders, Adelaide Review
“ An original, insightful, frequently deadpan-funny read . . . John Safran confirms that he's a major writing talent with his second book . . . Like his professional doppelgangers, Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux, Safran has a gift for eliciting information from his subjects by way of his unthreatening yet relentlessly unquestioning persona. ”
Jo Case, Readings Monthly
“ The cast of this book – the ‘deplorables’ – is as fascinating as any true crime story. But what might shock you most is the fact that they live in your suburb . . . By understanding these people a little better, hopefully we're gaining the tools to counter them with wit, not weapons. ”
Rachel Wagner, mamamia.com
EBook
9781760142421
May 1, 2017
Penguin eBooks
304 pages
Paperback
9780143789895
August 20, 2018
Penguin
304 pages
Trade Paperback
9781926428772
May 1, 2017
Hamish Hamilton
304 pages