‘A strange mixture of ceremoniousness and offhand disregard’ – Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
‘This is an essential part of being a man: [the ability] to flood everyone around you in a great radiant arc of bullshit, one whose source and object of greatest intensity is yourself. To behave as if you have everything firmly under control even when you have just sailed your boat over the falls’… Michael Chabon’s Manhood for Amateurs reviewed…
‘An entertaining snapshot of one man’s long term relationship with the music he loves’ – The Alternative Hero by Tim Thornton
‘Obvious comparisons can be made to Nick Hornby, and the book deals with what can be seen as a very male obsession with music. As a result, there is very little in the way in female characterisation, with the only female characters being wives, girlfriends, groupies or long suffering flatmates. However, it is difficult to see how Thornton could have done it any other way, as he does seem to document what is traditionally seen as a very male attitude to music.’ Claire Sedgwick reviews Tim Thornton’s The Alternative Hero…
