{"product_id":"raven-smiths-men-9780008457495","title":"Raven Smiths Men","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A brilliant writer.'' Russell ToveyThoroughly entertaining.' OTEGHA UWAGBAFunny and beautifully revealing.' BELLA MACKIEWise, sharp and naughty.' THE OBSERVERHerein lie the men of Raven Smith. Each of them has left a mark, a memory, a stain, whether they meant to or not. Some hit deep, and I caught feels. Some I discarded like a clip-on neck tie'From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Raven Smith's Trivial Pursuits, comes a pin sharp, hilarious and incisive exploration of what it means to be a man in the modern day.This book is about men because, in an annoying way, everything is. Funny men, tall men, charming men. Stepdads, actual dads and ripped sports dads'. Raven Smith has been trying to distil what it is about men that has kept him intrigued his whole life.Part memoir, part exploration of the peculiar dynamics and amorphous boundaries of masculinity, Raven looks unflinchingly at his own history, offering a cautious reverence of a life lived in parallel with other men. Blendi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR RAVEN SMITH’S MEN\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cstrong\u003eA 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\u003c\/strong\u003e.” \u003cstrong\u003eRUSSELL TOVEY, ACTOR, WRITER \u0026amp; BROADCASTER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A thoroughly entertaining, \u003cstrong\u003eno-holds-barred examination of modern masculinity \u003c\/strong\u003ethat offers up conclusions as surprising as they are perceptive.\" \u003cstrong\u003eOTEGHA UWAGBA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eRaven Smith’s Men \u003c\/em\u003eis a book both unfairly funny and beautifully revealing. I felt like a curtain had been pulled back, allowing me not only to inhabit his brain for a while, but also to look at men through the eyes of one who finds them so interesting, frustrating and addictive. Raven himself is the lynchpin of this book, and \u003cstrong\u003ehis writing is so near perfect I could read about this particular man all day\u003c\/strong\u003e.’\u003cstrong\u003eBELLA MACKIE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘MEN is stylish, funny, and acid-tongued, which is to say it’s everything I love about Raven Smith’s writing” \u003cstrong\u003eMONICA HEISEY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘In a nutshell: Boys boys boys. Writer, charmer-about-town and meme magician…\u003cstrong\u003epart-screamingly funny memoir, part-treatise on men, patriarchy and masculinity\u003c\/strong\u003e – and where he fits into it all.’ \u003cstrong\u003eEVENING STANDARD \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eRaven Smith’s Me\u003c\/em\u003en is a new collection of essays about the writer’s conflicted love for men, and it’s just as wise, sharp and naughty as you’d expect from one of the funniest men on the internet.’ \u003cstrong\u003eTHE OBSERVER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732094234967,"sku":"9780008457495","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008457495.jpg?v=1719995132","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/raven-smiths-men-9780008457495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}