I’m chest-deep in Glenn O’Brien’s How to be a Man: A Guide to Style and Behavior for the Modern Gentleman, and I’d say it’s anything but what you might expect. Rather than concise, bulleted lists of tie and belt do’s and don’ts, O’Brien gives us an arch, snarky, intelligent guide to taking no shit. The book is filled with references to classical literature, modern philosophy and a hard gaze at America’s far right wing. It stakes personal style as a political statement and asks all readers to be more mindful of their clothes and their place in the world (the clothes as well as the man). It’s good and funny and every few pages I find myself reaching for the dictionary.
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