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The Reluctant Metrosexual: Dispatches from an Almost Hip Life by Peter Hyman PB
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Item specifics
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780812971637
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812971639
ISBN-13
9780812971637
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30217609
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reluctant Metrosexual : Dispatches from an Almost Hip Life
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Popular Culture, Ethnopsychology, Form / Essays, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Social Science, Humor, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-070519
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A master of self-deprecation in the spirit of Joe Queenan and P. J. O'Rourke, Hyman takes on contemporary culture with a scalpel and a smirk." -Booklist "[A] winsome, amusing, and intelligent debut collection of essays… Hyman portrays with the right mix of self-deprecation and acute observation his adventures in incompetence."-Kirkus Reviews "Peter Hyman is a great social critic, fashion plate, writer, and urban wit. With ten years of therapy he'll make a great husband too." -Susan Shapiro, author ofFive Men Who Broke My Heart "In his humorous essays about modern manhood Peter Hyman is sly and urbane but never cynical--no small achievement in an age of irony. I spent the book alternately psychoanalyzing him and trying to figure out who to set him up with.The Reluctant Metrosexualis a diverting, immensely pleasurable read, for thinking men and the women who love them." -Amy Sohn, author ofRun Catch KissandMy Old Man "Bikini waxes, threesomes, drug-fueled adventures. No, it's not the memoir of a runway model. It'sThe Reluctant Metrosexual, a hilarious collection of essays that examines the foibles of modern manhood with wry sincerity. I just hope the author isn't ruined by his inevitable success." -Toby Young, author ofHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People "The arrival of this new comic voice should prove welcome news for those who still take time out between apricot facial scrubs and closet-reorganization to actually read books, or just like to display them on their coffee tables." -Todd Hanson, Writer,The Onion, "A master of self-deprecation in the spirit of Joe Queenan and P. J. O'Rourke, Hyman takes on contemporary culture with a scalpel and a smirk." -Booklist "[A] winsome, amusing, and intelligent debut collection of essays… Hyman portrays with the right mix of self-deprecation and acute observation his adventures in incompetence." -Kirkus Reviews "Peter Hyman is a great social critic, fashion plate, writer, and urban wit. With ten years of therapy he'll make a great husband too." -Susan Shapiro, author of Five Men Who Broke My Heart "In his humorous essays about modern manhood Peter Hyman is sly and urbane but never cynical--no small achievement in an age of irony. I spent the book alternately psychoanalyzing him and trying to figure out who to set him up with. The Reluctant Metrosexual is a diverting, immensely pleasurable read, for thinking men and the women who love them." -Amy Sohn, author of Run Catch Kiss and My Old Man "Bikini waxes, threesomes, drug-fueled adventures. No, it's not the memoir of a runway model. It's The Reluctant Metrosexual, a hilarious collection of essays that examines the foibles of modern manhood with wry sincerity. I just hope the author isn't ruined by his inevitable success." -Toby Young, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People "The arrival of this new comic voice should prove welcome news for those who still take time out between apricot facial scrubs and closet-reorganization to actually read books, or just like to display them on their coffee tables." -Todd Hanson, Writer, The Onion From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal
305.32
Synopsis
Peter Hyman wants the model/Fulbright Scholar girlfriend, the job with generous stock options and the well-appointed 2BR w/vu. Instead he routinely finds himself single and underemployed in his closet-free walk-up. The last woman he liked got back together with her lesbian lover; the one before that threw up on the first date. Welcome to the almost hip life of a reluctant metrosexuala straight man whose tastes are just gay enough. Equal parts cultural anthropologist, amateur sexologist and witty skeptic, Hyman wryly chronicles the promiscuity and perils of modern manhood, whether he's undergoing a painful Brazilian bikini wax, lurching through a disastrous threesome, or poignantly reflecting on the Scotch-soaked grief of a difficult breakup. So sit back in your Eames lounger and revel in the good fortune thatThe Reluctant Metrosexualis not you, it's him., Equal parts urban anthropologist, amateur sexologist, and cranky skeptic, Hyman pens this hilarious collection of essays on the promiscuity and perils of single life in Manhattan with wry sophistication and enviable wit.
LC Classification Number
HQ1090.H96 2004
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