Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

Lost at Sea is a collection of short pieces by Ronson over the course of a decade, a meander through the strange course of his life. There’s not much thematic coherence, aside from the oddness of the human condition, but some of the stories are quite delightful. I particularly enjoyed the journey to the town of North Pole, Alaska, where every day is Christmas, an interview with Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse about their hit song “Miracles”, and a journey into Ronson’s own past, when he played synth in the outsider pop group Frank Sidebottom, which was fronted by a man wearing a giant fake head.

Charming as always, but wildly uneven.