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38/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Ander Monson
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Date:
September 6, 2022
A memoir about masculinity cloaked in a celebration of the 1987 film Predator, which novelist and critic Monson has seen 146 times.
What The Reviewers Say
... a strange new entry into the problematic-male literary tradition.
Monson’s narration has the rampant energy and good-natured, aw-shucks humility of a lively conversation in a movie theater lobby.
Written in loose-jointed yet elegant prose that guiltily savors Predator’s pleasures, Monson’s subtle, twisty appreciations and critiques—'It’s satire wrapped in gun pornography.... tenderness wrapped in beefy macho posturing and explosive ballets'—transform the movie into a penetrating commentary on the contradictions of manhood. Movie buffs will want to snap this up..
In a country where incomprehensible, violent tragedies are becoming commonplace, Monson finds clarity processing the new American way against the backdrop of his favorite movie.
