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. In Lost Boys acclaimed journalist James Bloodworth
delves into these worlds and asks: what does their emergence say about Western society? Why are
so many men susceptible to the sinister beliefs these groups promote? And what can we do about
their pernicious encroachment upon our social and political spheres? Along the way he enlists
in a bootcamp for 'alpha males' dissects cultural figures including Jordan Peterson and Andrew
Tate and accompanies modern day Hugh Hefners as they broadcast their jet-set lifestyles to
millions of followers. Combining compulsive memoir with powerful reporting Lost Boys is an
essential guide to the contradictions in contemporary masculinity.
