Theroux The Keyhole: Diaries Of A Grounded Documentary Maker by Louis Theroux - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details. Condition: New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9781509880416. Publisher: Macmillan. Overview. Theroux The Keyhole: Diaries Of A Grounded Documentary Maker is a brand new hardback diary from the beloved British documentary maker, journalist and broadcaster Louis Theroux. Written during the Covid-19 lockdowns, it turns his famous investigative eye away from prisons, cults and subcultures and onto his own household. Funny, candid and unexpectedly moving, this memoir-style diary is perfect for fans of Theroux's television work, readers of contemporary memoir, and anyone who lived through the strange domestic realities of lockdown life. A great gift for nonfiction lovers, documentary fans, or anyone who enjoys sharp, self-deprecating British humour.. About the Book. Louis Theroux built his career filming inside porn sets, high-security psychiatric units and prisons, but when the pandemic hit, his "usual journalistic feeding ground" was suddenly off-limits. Instead, he found himself confined to his own house, reporting instead on his wife, his two teenage sons, and his five-year-old, in an environment just as chaotic and unpredictable as any of his documentary subjects. The result is a wry, warm and often laugh-out-loud diary charting the small absurdities of pandemic family life: a wife unimpressed by his devotion to Joe Wicks' workouts, teenagers who find him thoroughly "cringe," and a young child gleefully broadcasting the family's every move on TikTok. Beyond the domestic com...