Being a Man
$34.51
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2002
Summary
Having learned aikido with the Tokyo riot police (Angry White Pyjamas), and hunted for the world’s longest snake in the jungles of the Far East (Big Snake), Robert Twigger now turns his attention to other traditionally male pursuits and pastimes. Some of these are fairly close to home, while others are more extreme. He looks at the questions these raise about masculinity and the role of man in modern society. Being a Man features Twigger participating in and writing…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753813782 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753813785 |
| Author: | Robert Twigger |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2002 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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Twigger is acute and disarming, and his book on manliness has the refreshing virtue of declining to see women as the enemy
He is certainly very good on the allure of some male-dominated subcultures - Guardian
If Twigger really is lamenting a passing age of masculinity, he does so in quixotic style in this amusing memoir - The TimesTwigger is acute and disarming, and his book on manliness has the refreshing virtue of declining to see women as the enemy - New Statesman - Robert WinderA beguiling stylist, he interleaves reminiscence and aphorism to produce something wholly original. A tour de force. - Will SelfAbout The Author
Robert Twigger
Robert Twigger lives in Oxford.
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