I have previously enjoyed Jon Ronson’s works, and his recent podcasts have been really interesting. I think the first time I stumbled across his investigations was the Men Who Stare at Goats, but this one pre-dates that. This time, we’re looking at… well, that’s the problem. I don’t really get what this book was about? Some conspiracy theorists, some racists, and some crusty old men playing golf. And…?

I think I might have started reading this before, because it felt very familiar. But I think I got distracted and wanted to write my own Big Brother style book, which never got past 100 words but obviously meant I never went back to the book. I had no idea whodunit and how it was going to end, so it was fascinating to travel through the mystery with the contestants and detectives. The tale dips back and forth between past and present, so you can follow how the contestants entered the house and got to know each other through the prism of how things ended.