A man-sized portion of enlightening, honest and sometimes enraging stuff for men baffled by their place in the modern world...
'If a young lover breaks your heart, or if you fall off your Harley, if you make a fool of yourself, well, that is what men do, and what we have always done. That is not a mid-life crisis. It's just the latest in a long line of cock-ups.'
'How about just a little sympathy for male stereotypical behaviour? It is who we are, and how we made it out of the primeval swamp. We are doing our best, we truly are...'
'The modern male probably retains a little too much of the old ways for his own good. The need to hunt, the desire to fight and the endless impulse to spill his seed. It doesn't make for a quiet life...'
Tony Parsons shows us why, as well as being a bestselling novelist, he's also one of the Britain's most popular journalists.
This is modern life for men: explained. What the hell goes on in our heads, hearts and trousers, and why. It's about the sound of real guns and the feel of fake breasts. What to do when gobby yobs strike and you've got the kids in tow. About junk sex and performance anxiety; and how cars and football both went wrong.