Theroux the Keyhole: An entertaining record of a TV star’s family life in extraordinary times

Documentary maker Louis Theroux focuses his usual perceptive intelligence and irony on his own life in this personal account of the lockdown

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Theroux the Keyhole: Diaries of a Grounded Documentary Maker

By Louis Theroux

Macmillan, €13.99

You could be forgiven for feeling reluctant to read a diary that chronicles the still-raging pandemic. Throughout his career as a documentary maker, however, Louis Theroux has been drawn to finding out how people cope in extraordinary situations, and his new book Theroux the Keyhole demonstrates a perceptive intelligence and irony, as well as no small measure of wit: a ...