The Reluctant Metrosexual: Dispatches from an Almost Hip Life

By Peter Hyman

Equal parts urban anthropologist, amateur sexologist, and cranky skeptic, Hyman pens this hilarious collection of essays on the promiscuity and perils of single life in Manhattan with wry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812971639
• ISBN13: 9780812971637
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Hysterical!

A definite read! Peter Hyman is hilarious! I loved every minute, every line. Emotionally raw!!

very very funny

Hyman is my new favorite author: His debut book is funny, smart, insightful, sexy, and charming. As he portrays himself in his essays about life and love in New York City, he's at once flawed, lovable, enviable, and totally relatable . . . all the things a good character should be. I recommend this book to all thinking men and women . . . i laughed the whole time.

Funny and Witty

This book is about a guy that lives in a "Sex in the City" world. It's quite funny that at times you forget they are real stories about Peter's life. It a quick page turner. A good recommendation for the beach or just in-between books.

bullseye

while i wouldn't call peter hyman 'the voice of a generation', he is really plugged into what's happening in modern urban society. i think "the reluctant metrosexual" is an important debut. The writing is exceptionally crafted and the book is a fun page turner.

Outstanding new author

Once in a while you take a chance on an unknown writer and feel like you've hit pay dirt. In Peter Hyman, I did just that. I found a modern and original voice that relates experiences that could be taken straight from my life. And that voice needs to be heard. I constantly fight the battle of ESPN over a showing of Bocuse d'Or on the food network. I can talk about Mark McGwire and Marc Jacobs. I watched Sex and the City for the sole reason that Samantha Jones is a top biller in my sexual fantasies (I've tried replacement material, but she keeps showing up--sorry Cheryl Hines). This is a great young new author and I am eagerly awaiting the next installment. I finished this book in two days--apologies to the unwitting subway riders who had to endure my outbursts on the commute.