Clown World

by Jamie Tahsin, Matt Shea

Overview

The behind-the-scenes story of a four-year investigation into Andrew Tate, exploring how a failed reality TV star turned accused organised criminal managed to become one of the most famous influencers in the world.

In 2022 Andrew Tate went from a little-known kickboxer and failed reality TV star to a figure that would define a new era of misogyny. Tate started the year as a fringe internet celebrity, but by August he was the most Googled man in the world. In that same month, the journalists and filmmakers Matt Shea and Jamie Tahsin were inside his compound, making a documentary that would result in the first women coming forward to accuse him of sexual and physical violence. Tate would end the year in a Romanian jail, facing charges of human trafficking, rape, and being part of an organised crime unit. But the investigations wouldn't stop there.

Part Gonzo journalism, part masculinity rabbit hole, this book takes you on Shea and Tahsin's journey to reveal the dark secrets of Andrew Tate, the machine that brought him here, and the ideology he has unleashed on a generation of young men.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529437829
Publisher:	Mobius
Publication date:	10/08/2024
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jamie Tahsin is an award-winning documentary director, producer and journalist from South East London. Jamie has worked on films for the likes of the BBC, VICE and Channel 4, and has a focus on access driven journalism tackling topics such as extremism, organised crime, cults and conspiracy theories.

Jamie is best known for directing and producing the Emmy nominated VICE Documentary 'The Teenage Mafia Academy' and 'The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate' and 'Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed the World?' for Vice and the BBC respectively. Jamie has been interviewing and investigating Andrew Tate for a longer period than any other journalist in the world, from 2019 to the present day.

Editorial Reviews

12/02/2024

This disturbing debut exposé uncovers the abuse and manipulation beneath the surface of “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate’s online media empire. Tahsin and Shea, journalists who produced two documentaries on Tate and were among the first to report on his human trafficking operations, structure the narrative as a series of reveals revolving around discoveries they made via leaked Telegram chats, interviews with former members of Tate’s online following—dubbed the “War Room”—and with women working for Tate’s webcam business, and the authors’ own hesitant participation in cheesy tests of their “manhood.” What starts as an amusing and cathartic puncturing of Tate’s wealthy playboy image turns much darker as women come forward with reports of rape and assault. While Tate’s crimes, which led to indictments in Romania, are chilling enough, the authors also show how Tate is instructing other men in how to “weaponize affection” to ensnare women and “put them to work in the sex industry.” The most illuminating insights concern Iggy Semmelweiss, a shadowy figure who has gone by several names and spent time in two cults, whom Tahsin and Shea position as the War Room’s “leader in practice,” with Tate as a mere “figurehead.” Despite some stylistic snags (frequent switches from first to third person confuse more than charm), this dogged investigation presents a foreboding vision of modern masculinity. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"What starts as an amusing and cathartic puncturing of Tate’s wealthy playboy image turns much darker as women come forward with reports of rape and assault...This dogged investigation presents a foreboding vision of modern masculinity."
 —Publisher's Weekly

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