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The Reluctant Metrosexual

Dispatches From An Almost Hip Life

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The Reluctant Metrosexual

Written by: Peter Hyman
Narrated by: Peter Hyman
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About this listen

 Read by the author, an essayist and stand-up comedian, this collection of hilarious essays is about a single guy attempting to live on the right side of hip.

If Peter Hyman is a metrosexual, a straight man with gay tastes, then he is one reluctantly, being loath to hitch himself to an au courant cultural trend, unless doing so would get him a movie deal or an actual girlfriend.

Peter Hyman's musings, more pop cultural than philosophical, range from the heartfelt to the absurd, whether he's describing the scotch-soaked grief of a bad breakup or his unfortunate attempt at a menage a trois. With sophistication and enviable wit, The Reluctant Metrosexual chronicles the promiscuity and perils of modern manhood.

©2004 Peter Hyman (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks Gender Issues Men's Studies Popular Culture Social Sciences

Critic Reviews

  • Audie Award Finalist, Humor, 2005

"Hyman's stories have funny setups, and his conversational, easy-to-read prose carries a weird poignancy." (Publishers Weekly)
"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)
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