Squat
A week squatting at Kanye’s mansion
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John Safran
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John Safran
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'This house is freaking me out. It's bad for me. But I'm finishing this.'
Discovering Kanye West is endorsing Adolf Hitler, John Safran heads to America to find out what's up. Kanye proves elusive, one thing leads to another, and John packs his duffle bags and moves in, squatting at one of Kanye's mansions in the rolling hills of Los Angeles.
Will the neighbours get wise and snitch to the cops? Are the creatures in the woods behind the mansion a worry? More paranoid each day, John becomes convinced the house itself is turning against him.
Alone with his thoughts in Kanye's haunt, John finds himself asking where he fits into the world as a Jew. Dangerous and hilarious, Squat is for anyone who's been told they don't belong.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-10-2024
Another good one from Saffran
I always like John's books and storytelling. Even being an anti-theist who finds Kanye to be a low talent narcissist, I was hooked on where this was going and ended up.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-10-2024
Music Jamboree 2024
Feels like the content of a new episode of music jamboree - insightful cultural and historical discussion amongst bumbling hijinks and action adventure spirit
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- bennynitro
- 25-11-2024
Bumbling at its best
I usually read Johns books with his voice in my head, so it was only natural to get the audio book this time around. I was not disappointed, his distinct squeaking brought life to this tale of bumbling along trying to find Kanye, or Ye, or whoever he could find. The only downside is that it’s not as good as In Cold Blood.
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- Mike Cowap
- 28-12-2024
John’s biting wit strikes again
In typical Safran fashion, what seems like an offbeat prank turns into something far more profound. A unique read. John’s narration elevates the dry humor.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-11-2024
John is infectious
I love listening to John as I feel that I am on journey in his head. Who would think to do what he did but it was entertaining and hilarious. Well done.
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- Vaughan Smith
- 30-10-2024
A great storyteller
John Safran really knows how to tell a story. His actions and perspective, no matter how close idealogically and culturally to one's own, are always unexpected and bizarre due to Safran's unique and endearing personality.
Squat, like his previous books, is well-told, informative and undeniably entertaining. Squat is 100% personal. In this literary equation Safran is to the power of Safran and Kanye is relegated to parentheses. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
What other author would go to these lengths for a long arch glance at neo-Nazism in popular western culture? What other author would even consider this approach valid?
Safran is a true original, and that he is still sneaking into VIP events and wading through swollen rivers into billionaire compounds, and sipping tepid rainwater in abandoned mansions is testament to his enduring success as a cultural blagueur and profound peturber.
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- Callan
- 07-11-2024
Safran at his best
Having been a big fan of John's since his Music Jamboree days, it's been really great to see him evolve into a highly capable author over the years. What this book does is combine the polish and wit of his writing with the patented Safran hijinx of old.
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- Andrew Cook
- 29-11-2024
enjoable liaten
not as insightful or confrontational as his previous books, but an enjoyable listen nevertheless, and liked the interspersing of his previous experiences and research amongst the story of his stay in the mansion
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- Anonymous User
- 27-10-2024
Excellent!
John Safran is a unique Australian writer who tells a compelling story interspersed with anecdotes, vulnerability but mostly humour.
He has the ability to be funny and thought provoking at the same time.
Finished the book within 5 days, an insight into celebrity life and the people and processions that are cast aside in their wash.
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- Iolanthe
- 18-01-2025
High jinks and high risks
An enjoyable book which is more of an exploration of the author and what drives them towards risk and obsession. Well told, and genuinely scary at many times. Stay safe Safran.
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