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56/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Michael Ian Black
Publisher:
Algonquin Books
Date:
September 15, 2020
The sarcastic comedian gets serious in these letters to his college-bound son that explore manhood and offer a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love.
What The Reviewers Say
...surprising, occasionally sappy but often lovely.
A Better Man is not funny, except in a half-the-population-is-monstrous way, but the wit and sensitivity at the core of his comedy are present.
It is obvious that this is a deeply personal book for Black.
Black combines humor and seriousness throughout—he uses humor when examining what it means to 'be a man,' but he also shows a side that is serious and vulnerable, drawing from his childhood experiences and giving advice on navigating complex gender issues as a young adult.
