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Contemporary urban short stories about the middle/privileged classes, satirical, concentrating on the failings and self-loathing of modern men-will appeal to readers of Franzen & Martin AmisIn addition to his current arts column, he used to write column on men's style for Globe & MailTouches on rave culture, pills, drinking, casual sex, problems of modern relationships, masculinity, masculinity in a post-feminist intellectual climateA "testosterony" bookFirst book to be published in US and therefore eligible for debut prize/feature consideration Cites Hanna Rosin (The End of Men: And the Rise of Women) and Maureen Dowd (Are Men Necessary?) as influences who explore similar themes About Russell Smith:Gold medal winner, The White Award Gold medal winner, The National Magazine Award Winner, The Danuta Gleed Literary Award Finalist, the Governor General's Award, the Smithbooks/Books In Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Award, the Toronto Book AwardAuthor is also a freelance journalist, published in The New York Review of Books, Details, Travel and Leisure, The Globe And Mail, Toronto Life, Flare, NOW, Toronto Sun, etc., reporting on literature, culture, trends, and social life |