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Hard Boiled Men




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Author: Guy Jacobs
Publisher: IUniverse
Size: 6X9 inches, 180 pages
Format: Trade Paperback
Categories:
-Literature and Fiction
-Psychology
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ABID: 0595382444
ISBN10: 0595382444
ISBN13: 9780595382446

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Hard Boiled Men description:
Follow under-sexed, over-analytical university professor Dr. Benjamin Wise, fresh off a horrific break-up, on a journey to reawaken his libido. Set against the backdrop of Asian massage parlors, University hallways and West Village anarchy, Hard-Boiled Men provides an honest and hilarious account of single life in New York City. The book exposes men’s secret thoughts on the nature of love, marriage, and sexuality.

Although Hard-Boiled Men is as likely to infuriate as entertain, Guy Jacobs’ account of promiscuity and debauchery on the road to love speaks to our eternal quest for intimacy, home and finding out just who we are.

“Powerful, inspiring and heartfelt. Hard-Boiled Men is The Catcher in the Rye all grown up; there’s a little bit of Ben Wise in every one of us.”
—Dr. Paul S. Lieber, Emerson College


Editorial reviews:
Book of the Month Review Feb 2007:
This novel, while itself unique, reminds me of a variety of other books I've read in the past. How's that for starting off a review with words that don't make sense. "Hard-Boiled Men" has a Sex in the City/Bukowski/more simple version of Henry Miller-esque-ness to it. (Yes, I'm creating my own words now, leave me alone.)

The story is about Ben Wise, a recently singled man in lonely New York City. Ben has never truly gotten over his last girlfriend, and though he does everything he knows he should, moving on just doesn't come easy for him.

If you're easily offended by perverse sexual discussions, I would recommend you not pick up this book. There is an honesty and frankness similar to that written by Henry Miller throughout this novel..the author holds nothing back and leaves little up to the readers imagination when it comes to the characters' sexual encounters.

Aside from being humorous and perverse, the undertones are sad. Ben truly is an unhappy guy..through every one night stand and blind date, the reader knows there is more to Ben Wise, and wants almost as desperately as he does for him to find happiness.

Give it a read..its a good one

Alicia Mann, www.compulsivereader.com:

Hard-Boiled Men
By: Guy Jacobs
IUniverse, 2006
ISBN-10: 0595382444

When I first picked up my borrowed copy of Hard-Boiled Men, I took a long and careful look at those eggs that seemed to roll out of the bright red cover and in to my fingers. There is no doubt that this book is unlike most contemporary novels. First time author, Guy Jacobs does not bother to go into deep character development, foreshadowing, Situational Irony or any other commonly used literary devices. What the author does provide is an extremely straightforward and forthcoming account of the heartache and loneliness that often compliment single life in NYC. But do not mistake this book for a somber one. Hard-Boiled Men is an hilarious read. I could not stop laughing throughout it at.

The first chapter of the book takes place in a midtown Asian massage parlor where Jacobs leaves little to the imagination. Jacobs’ style of writing can be explicit, at times bordering on pornography. But there is so much more. Beyond those few chapters that made me blush, I found Hard-Boiled Men to be a thought provoking novel. Some of the main issues that the novel deals with are intercultural and interfaith relationships, fear of commitment as well as lots of sexuality. But no issue stands more clearly in this book than is Benjamin Wise’s quest to regain his faith in the concept of finding true love and his attempt to let go of his past.

I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who ever dealt with a divorce or a breakup form a person they loved. In his own unique way, Jacobs successfully takes his readers into a funny and sometimes surprising tour of that enigmatic mind of the single man. Hard-Boiled Men reminded me of a modern day Portnoy’s Complaint or a sober Jewish version of Charles Bukowski. I highly recommend this fun and thought-provoking novel.

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