Perfidious Man - Will Self & David Gamble Reviews

Perfidious Man - Will Self & David Gamble Fiction Book

Description:ISBN 0670889815 / Genre: Fiction / Authors: Will Self & David Gamble / 160 pages / Book published 2000-11-02 by Viking

Newest Review: ... the banal to the poignant to the inane. His project, 'Perfidious Man,' really asks questions as muses - what is it like being ... more

 ... a man in early twenty first century Britain? His probing gets a response from novelist, social commentator, Will Self who David Gamble invites on his quest in getting a coherent, plausible answer. Gamble might as well be sifting for zodiac signs on Hastings pebbled beech. Self tends to offload a fair amount of literature emissions before unloading a gem. 'Perfidious Man' is remarkably short at 160 pages long, including Gamble's natural photos of man in relevant 'Rodin styled' perplexities, on gallivants and play. ...more

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Perfidious Man - Will Self & David Gamble: Did she just shake her 'Tactics' at me? (1101 words)
by - written on 21/04/11, updated on  21/04/11 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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Authors: Will Self and David Gamble 160 pages. Publishing House: Viking RRP: £12.99 'Perfidious Man' depicts the trend of a socially ailing masculinity - the concise book is an attempt of balancing a stance requiring a voice, a male voice amongst a plethora of feminist publications since the early 1990s. Initially, the vision seemed alien, due to male views being oppressed when it came to talking about them as an emotional entity. Masculine men prefer not to express their plights, nor do they huff or engage in flamboyant gestures of displeasure. They sit in corners of bars in clusters of three's, whining the night away, murmuring their lives ...  Read the complete review

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