by Norah Vincent - £8.99 Atlantic Books (2006)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9781843545040 | ISBN 10: 1843545047
Norah Vincent really did date women as a guy named Ned, retreat to a monastery, infiltrate a men's therapy group, get a job in a testosterone-fuelled office and join a bowling league where, even as the worst player on her team, the other fellows still chucked her on the shoulder, offered tips, and promised she'd get a handle on it one of these days. Her score never did pass a hundred points. They just thought Ned was hopeless at bowling. They never thought she was a girl.
In Self Made Man an intrepid female journalist goes where no woman has ever dared. The result is an astonishingly sympathetic picture of the male world and how men behave when women aren't around. The ultimate imposter's story, Self Made Man is an enlightening and humane read, as courageous as it is outrageous.
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