'I loved it ... funny, serious, richly vivid ... Read this book.' Daily Telegraph
Will Storr is a longform journalist and novelist. His features have appeared in various publications, including Guardian Weekend, The Times Magazine, Observer Magazine, GQ, Marie Claire and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is a contributing editor at Esquire magazine. He has been named New Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, and has won a National Press Club award for excellence. In 2010, his investigation into the kangaroo meat industry won the Australian Food Media award for Best Investigative Journalism and, in 2012, he was presented with the One World Press award and the Amnesty International award for his work on sexual violence against men. He is also the author of Selfie, an investigation into social media, and the history of individualism.
‘I loved it . . . funny, serious, richly vivid . . . Read this
book.’ Daily Telegraph
An investigation not only of outlandish belief systems, but of all
belief systems . . . engaging' Sunday Times
'Storr can open chapters like a stage conjurer, and his prose has
an easy, laconic style embracing Jon Ronson's taste for the
fabulously weird and Louis Theroux's ability to put his subjects at
ease. He is a funny and companionable guide . . . [who] confounds
expectations.' Guardian
'Incontrovertibly brilliant' Esquire
'Brilliant' Grazia
'The Heretics throws new and salutary light on all our conceits and
beliefs. Very valuable, and a great read to boot, this is
investigative journalism of the highest order.' Independent, Book
of the Week
'Utterly engrossing . . . The Heretics is an accessible and
absolutely compelling read, Storr leaving us with a distinct lack
of trust in the verity of our own beliefs. The most dangerous thing
anyone can do is dismiss as stupid the beliefs of fringe
extremists.' Daily Express
‘I don't totally agree with The Heretics, which is why I enjoyed it
so much, it pinpricked my mind from some of its lazy slumbering’
Robin Ince
'Storr takes his personal experiences on a Louis-Theroux type ride
. . . [and] opens up his life as another source of irrationality,
leading the reader to question their own core beliefs.' Stylist
‘[Storr] seeks not to mock strange convictions, but to get inside
the minds of those who hold them. The result is an entertaining
journey dotted with some fascinating reportage . . . Storr remains
sufficiently dubious of improbable claims, but sufficiently open to
the genuine distress of those who make them, to explore alternative
explanations for their plight’ Observer
'Read this and never trust your own mind again.' Q Magazine
'The Heretics is essentially a book about belief written by a
sceptic questioning his own scepticism . . . At first glance Storr
covers much the same territory as those other explorers of the
outer realms of belief, Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux, but his tone
is both less sneery and more genuinely exploratory than either . .
. This is a humane and generous book and in the face of those
ultra-rationalists and materialists who wish to rob us of the
wonder of human existence, its insightful exploration of lives
lived “beyond the facts” is to be celebrated.' Sunday Telegraph
'Will Storr is a versatile, imaginative, committed long-form
journalist with a populist touch. He is often brave with regard to
his article choices . . . a talented, ambitious writer.'
Independent
Impressive . . . brilliant . . . Storr makes you think about the
people on both sides of the debate . . . Very astute.
*Evening Standard*
Impressive
*The Scotsman*
Storr combines hard investigative journalism with a degree of
compassion and self-deprecation that is rarely found in this genre.
He's also very funny.
*Ed Yong, bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes*
A very funny, scientific look, with personal stories, about why
people have different opinions and whether you can ever change
somebody’s mind.
*Daily Express*
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