REAL MAN ADVENTURES

NEW from McSweeney’s Books

Charged, personal, and entirely original, Real Man Adventures is a brash, wildly inventive, and comic exploration of the paradoxes and pleasures of masculinity. A brilliant collage of letters, essays, artwork and interviews, this book will forever change what you think it means to be a man.

Wait, there’s more:
A collection of *mostly* original songs by *entirely* original artists—all inspired by various chapters in the book—has also been released. You can cop the limited edition CD from the author on tour. Or, download (for free!) 8 of the 16 tracks over at The Rumpus.

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“In this mindbendingly good book, T Cooper gets to the heart of what it is to be human, by circling around questions most of us don’t ever know to ask. Subtle, engaging, righteously furious and often brilliant, this book radiates infinite possibility.”

—Nick Flynn

“Sublime confidence and spirit distinguishes this unorthodox memoir… Probing, entertaining and revealing… Infused with personality and the ballsy honesty of someone for whom becoming a man was ‘the most natural thing in the world.’”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Brave and often hilarious.”

—Vanity Fair

“Sharp, hilarious, incredibly personal, and ingenuously honest.”

—Interview Magazine (Christopher Bollen)

“Deeply honest… a brave book. The irreverent, wry humor throughout keeps Cooper’s brash personality at center stage, where it belongs.”

—Shelf Awareness

“Glorious… You’ve never read a book about this particular experience told in such a compelling voice.”

—The Stranger (Seattle)

“Humorous, surprising, and heartfelt.”

—Publishers Weekly

“A valuable, enlightening document that sidesteps cliché and easy answers in favor of a bracing account of what it means… to be a man in this world.”

—The Portland Mercury

“This is a terrifically entertaining, often hilarious book. But it deserves to be taken seriously, too.”

—The Boston Globe

“An absorbing adventure.”

—Time Out Chicago

“Triumphant.”

—Lambda Literary

LOOK! It’s the Real Man Adventures limited edition CD, with musical performances by: The Julie Ruin, Hem, Rick Moody, Scott Miller & The Commonwealth, Chris Pureka, Our Lady J, Geo Wyeth, Dynasty Handbag, Rocco Katastrophe, Soce the Elemental Wizard, Peg Hambright (of the Judy Bats), Scott McCloud (of Girls Against Boys), Thunderegg, and more!