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How Not To Be a Boy

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Pub Date Jun 08 2018 | Archive Date Jun 28 2018

Canongate Books US | Canongate Books


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THE NUMBER ONESUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERRULES FOR BEING A MANDon't Cry;Love Sport;Play Rough;Drink Beer;Don't Talk About Feelings But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now: are those rules actually any use? To anyone? Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh (in the Cambridge Footlights with David Mitchell), and from losing his beloved mother to becoming a husband and father, Robert Webb considers the absurd expectations boys and men have thrust upon them at every stage of life. Hilarious and heartbreaking,How Not To Be a Boyexplores the relationships that made Robert who he is as a man, the lessons we learn as sons and daughters, and the understanding that sometimes you aren't the Luke Skywalker of your life - you're actually Darth Vader.
THE NUMBER ONESUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERRULES FOR BEING A MANDon't Cry;Love Sport;Play Rough;Drink Beer;Don't Talk About Feelings But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now: are those rules...

Advance Praise

“Quite simply brilliant. I (genuinely) cried. I (genuinely) laughed out loud. It’s profound, touching, personal yet universal … I loved it."—J.K. Rowling

"A witty, honest coming of age story with a subtext that tackles masculinity and manhood. Webb has a storytelling skill many would kill for" – Ian Rankin


“With enormous poignancy and insight … Webb’s early portrait of himself as a hapless underdog navigating the boulder-strewn path of masculinity is vividly drawn and very funny … Echoes of Adrian Mole”—Guardian

"Frank and compelling...Laugh-out-loud funny...also, in parts, blink-back-tears sad. Why would I blink back tears rather than give full rein the the emotion? Well, Webb can explain." —Mail on Sunday

“Quite simply brilliant. I (genuinely) cried. I (genuinely) laughed out loud. It’s profound, touching, personal yet universal … I loved it."—J.K. Rowling

"A witty, honest coming of age story with a...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781786890085
PRICE CA$37.50 (CAD)
PAGES 336

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