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The Hero's Body is a memoir of what it means to be a modern man At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi's father was killed in a horrific motorcycle accident. Writing here with searing honesty about grief, obsession, shame and identity, he looks back on three generations of men from the blue-collar town...

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Is this the best book I've ever read on the subject of masculinity? Maybe it is -- William Leith * The Spectator *
While many of the ideas he raises are universal, The Hero's Body is a somewhat turbocharged, uniquely American take on what it means to be male -- Jack Urwin * The Guardian *
I've never read anything like this. Superbly written -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
A powerful autobiographical memoir -- David Matthews * Big Issue North *
an absorbing memoir [...] Giraldi urges us to put aside our preconceptions and appreciate bodybuilding as an aesthetic pursuit, and the bodybuilder as a kind of 'walking poetry': in his narcissistic perfectionism and emphasis on balance, proportion, rhythm and harmony, he is not unlike the ballerino. -- Houman Barekat * The Times Literary Supplement *

The Heros Body

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      Publisher Bedford Square Publishers
      Published 23 August 2017
      ISBN-13 9780857301086
      978-0857301086
      ISBN-10 085730108X
      Also in:
      Memoirs Gender studies: men and boys Sport Motorcycle racing

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Hero's Body is a memoir of what it means to be a modern man At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi's father was killed in a horrific motorcycle accident. Writing here with searing honesty about grief, obsession, shame and identity, he looks back on three generations of men from the blue-collar town...

      Trade Review
      Is this the best book I've ever read on the subject of masculinity? Maybe it is -- William Leith * The Spectator *
      While many of the ideas he raises are universal, The Hero's Body is a somewhat turbocharged, uniquely American take on what it means to be male -- Jack Urwin * The Guardian *
      I've never read anything like this. Superbly written -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
      A powerful autobiographical memoir -- David Matthews * Big Issue North *
      an absorbing memoir [...] Giraldi urges us to put aside our preconceptions and appreciate bodybuilding as an aesthetic pursuit, and the bodybuilder as a kind of 'walking poetry': in his narcissistic perfectionism and emphasis on balance, proportion, rhythm and harmony, he is not unlike the ballerino. -- Houman Barekat * The Times Literary Supplement *

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