Jon is propelled into an investigation of the human mind. Mainly that of psychopaths. Feeling that the country is essentially run by psychopaths, Jon starts to do some digging. Along the way we meet some very interesting characters and hear tales of people with mental disorders in society and some of the disturbing things they get up to. The way Ronson analyses the people he meets against the famous Bob Hare's 'Psychopath Checklist' leads us to realise that people can very easily be misdiagnosed and, on the other hand, how some traits we see as greatness in people, could actually be a sign of psychopathy. Who is even running this country!?
I particularly enjoyed the way that this story is written with lots of cut-aways and side stories, it felt very informative and certainly didn't get stale.The humour kept it light when this could really be a much more sombre subject matter. I actually laughed out loud at one point, and that's something I rarely do with a book!
One thing I can take from this book, I don't *think* I'm a psychopath.
