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Quercus lands Jamie Tahsin and Matt Shea's 'explosive work of investigative journalism' about Andrew Tate
Quercus has landed Clown World: Four Years Inside Andrew Tate’s Manosphere, by Jamie Tahsin and Matt Shea.
The publisher acquired world rights from Aitken Alexander, in an exclusive submission, and will publish in September 2024.
“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,” the publisher said. “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.”
The authors said: “This book is the result of the four years we spent investigating Andrew Tate and the people behind him. As his popularity continues to grow, and studies show that Gen-Z men are much less feminist than older generations, we’re glad to have the opportunity to tell our story in this way. We hope Clown World will alert readers to Tate’s terrifying influence on a generation of young men.”
Quercus added: "Watching Matt and Jamie’s brilliant documentaries, it was clear that they had access to Tate and his inner circle unlike any other journalists, and much more to say on one of the biggest issues of our time. We are so pleased they have chosen to tell their story with Quercus – Clown World will be an explosive work of investigative journalism and a major non-fiction highlight for 2024.”
