{"product_id":"the-conspiracy-tourist-hardcover","title":"The Conspiracy Tourist - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDom Joly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDom Joly sets off on his travels again, immersing himself in the strange world of conspiracies. On his journeys he meets conspiracy theorists galore in destinations all over the world, some famous, some rather less so. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conspiracy theories used to be fun, a bit of laugh. Did we really land on the moon? Was Paul McCartney cloned? Nowadays, however, in the aftermath of Donald Trump, a global pandemic and the ever-increasing influence of social media algorithms, they are part of the body politic and a massive cause of division and mistrust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Conspiracy Tourist \u003c\/i\u003eDom Joly sets out on a global journey to find out what's going on. His travels see him meeting followers of QAnon, hunting for UFOs in Roswell, chasing Alex Jones of Info Wars around Austin, trying to prove that Finland exists and taking a flat-earther to the edge of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the way Dom inevitably finds the funny and the quirky, but he also tries to understand what makes people so drawn to conspiracy theories. What if those he has long dismissed as crazed loonies actually have a point? What if we are the sheeple and they've been right all along? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Join a wide-eyed, slightly jaded, adventurous tourist on a very different kind of sight-seeing trip.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDom Joly\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-award-winning television comedian, has been a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMetro, \u003c\/i\u003eand is also an award-winning travel writer for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMail On Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Cotswolds with his wife and two kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47390194696370,"sku":"9781472146687","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ba7021bb64da87ffbe7b7921b4c11373.webp?v=1777939436","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-conspiracy-tourist-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}