Raven Smith's Men

Raven Smith's Men
Raven Smith
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Hardback
h222 x 141mm - 288pg
28 Apr 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9780008457495
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Following on from his critical smash and SUNDAY TIMES BEST-SELLING debut, Raven Smith' s Trivial Pursuits, Raven is back with a pin sharp, hilarious and incisive exploration of what it means to be a man in the modern day. Part memoir, part commentary on masculinity, Raven Smith' s Men isn' t so much for men, as about them. Raven has been trying to distil what it is about men that has kept him intrigued his whole life. It boils down to three things. Firstly, he loves them. Secondly, he can see how endlessly problematic they are. Thirdly, both these things converge in his own sense of self and his own masculinity. This book is about men because, in an annoying way, everything is. We live in a patriarchy, but Raven has no agenda or vendetta. This book is his noticing of particular dynamics, a cautious reverence of a life lived in parallel with other men, observing masculinity' s odd amorphous boundaries. He' s both curious and terrified of his own participation in the great male privilege and while this book will not shy away from difficult truths, it will also make you laugh an enormous amount!
PRAISE FOR RAVEN SMITH' S MENThe antithesis to the plot of Pride and Prejudice, Raven Smith retains both his pride and prejudice as we cringe along to his multifaceted sexual conquests and misdemeanours. Constantly reminding us of our own rush from puberty to adulthood, Raven' s searingly honest voice spirals us downwards into an ever shifting personal rabbit hole from which, presented with a much needed emotional hand job, we climb back out into the light. A brilliant writer, he takes up all the space, pushing over extended budgie smugglers into gaps that have been missing from the contemporary autobiography for far too long. " RUSSELL TOVEY, ACTOR, WRITER & BROADCASTERPRAISE FOR TRIVIAL PURSUITS:' Instagram' s answer to David Sedaris. ' ST STYLE MAGAZINEThe unofficial spokesperson of the modern millennial' SUNDAY TIMES ' STYLE' MAGAZINE' Funny, interrogating, refreshingly self-aware and irresistibly readable' DOLLY ALDERTON' Raven Smith' s writing is as current as it is biting!' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS' You' ll laugh. You' ll cry. ' LENA DUNHAM' Fresh, funny and fabulous!' JONATHAN ROSS' Raven Smith is rollickingly good fun and Britain' s sassiest social commentator. Trivial Pursuits is a linguistic acid trip and a showcase of his ability to shape even the most useless piece of information into something riveting. ' PANDORA SYKES' I' m laughing out loud, wincing in recognition and shaking my head in wonderment' ELIZABETH DAY' It' s hilarious. I feel like he wrote it from inside my brain but only if my brain was cleverer and more articulate. ' BELLA MACKIE' a naughty little firecracker. ' DEBORAH FRANCES WHITE
Raven Smith has been 32 for several years and lives in London with his husband and cat. The current Vogue and former Sunday Times columnist is quoted by many as the funniest person on Instagram, which does nothing to minimise his ego. His first book, Trivial Pursuits, was a Sunday Times best-seller.
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ISBN-13: 9780008457495
Published: 28 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fourth Estate
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 141mm
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 288

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