Description
New father wrestles with the masculinity question--shadows a private eye as experiment.
SOFT-BOILED follows Stephen J. West as he shadows a private investigator by the name of Frank Streets. What starts out as a last-ditch effort to write West's first book--while juggling responsibilities as a husband and new father--becomes a critical reflection on art-making, storytelling, and masculinity in America. Blending memoir, reportage, criticism, and detective thriller into one capacious yet focused narrative, SOFT-BOILED is a lyrical and aching self-reflexive portrait of an artist that asks the questions so many men are afraid to ask.
A unique, wandering study with plenty of thought-provoking, endearing twists--Kirkus
SOFT-BOILED is a magical genre remix that challenges received ideas of American Manhood and the Lone Artist, while simultaneously delivering a thrilling and comedic detective noir and moving family drama--Torrey Peters
SOFT-BOILED leaves no stone unturned in its investigation of this unified myth of American manhood, and West is a smart, fun, kind-hearted investigator, willing--like Frank Streets, the enigma at the book's center--to let us ride along and see what happens next--Lucas Mann
Literary Nonfiction.
Author: Stephen J. West
Publisher: Kelson Books
Published: 07/05/2022
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780982783870
ISBN10: 0982783876
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Social Science | Gender Studies
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