“ The one book that everyone should read this summer. ” Prospect
Rarely has there seemed a more confusing time to be a man. This uncertainty has spawned an array of bizarre and harmful underground subcultures, collectively known as the ‘manosphere’, as men search for new forms of belonging. The Orwell Prize-longlisted author of Hired explores why so many men are susceptible to these sinister and toxic beliefs and asks: can we do about this pernicious encroachment upon the social and political spheres? Combining compulsive memoir with powerful reporting, Lost Boys is an essential guide to understanding young men and modern masculinity.
James Bloodworth is a journalist and the author of The Myth of Meritocracy, Hired, and Lost Boys. His work has appeared in the Times, the Guardian, the New York Review of Books, and Prospect.
In conversation with Shane Hegarty.