The Dangerous Book for Men obviously uses the Dangerous Book for Boys, but takes the ball and runs with it. It's a spoof, but not just a tired, lame parody: Twigger is deadly serious in a Hemingwayesque kind of way and sees this title as a natural extension of his 2002 book Being A Man. The action is more authentic -- he has plenty of experience of facing down bears, building coracles, swimming with sharks, playing high-stakes poker, removing fishhooks from his hands -- and will be mixed with the faintly ludicrous and un-PC (performing a tracheotomy; slitting the throat of a sheep 'Afghan fashion'; landing a Boeing 747).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-13
9780297854388
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90618802
Product Key Features
Book Title
Real Men Eat Puffer Fish: and 93 Other Dangerous Things to Consider
Author
Robert Twigger
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
205mm
Item Width
135mm
Item Weight
308g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Twigger
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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