Being a Man

Description

Having learnt Aikido with the Tokyo riot police (ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS) and hunted for the world's longest snake in the jungles of the Far East (BIG SNAKE), Robert Twigger now turns his attention to other traditionally male pursuits and pastimes (some of which are fairly close to home, some of which are more extreme), and looks at the questions these raise about masculinity and the role of man in modern society. BEING A MAN features Twigger participating in, and writing on: the informal rules and thrill seeking of solo climbing, bullfighting in Spain, the 'illicit pleasure of buying my first gun', and the rules of survival with a tribe of Naga headhunters - the sort of activities and pursuits often scorned in the modern, interiorised office-based world.

Robert Twigger won the Newdigate prize for poetry in 1985. He is the author of Angry White Pyjamas, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, Big Snake, The Extinction Club and Being a Man.

We have set an end of October press date for this title. And intensive work on men's magazines has already yielded good reviews and features in the November issues, with ARENA carrying a feature on 'Robert Twigger test drives a Jaguar' and a confirmed review in GQ. Confirmed reviews include DAILY MAIL, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES and OXFORD TIMES and we've already had ones in THE SCOTSMAN, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY and the following one in THE GUARDIAN 'he is certainly very good on the allure of some male-dominated subcultures' Radio interviews include BBC RADIO 4'S WOMAN'S HOUR (12/11/02), BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE (Jan Edwards' Afternoon Show), BBC Radio 5 SIMON MAY (8/11/02), LISA L'ANSON on BBCRadio London (6/11/02), LBC interview with Dr Pam (broadcast on 9/11/02) andBBC RADIO OXFORD, who recorded a full feature with Robert, in his hut (30.10.