Real Men Don't Eat Quiche by Bruce Feirstein (Illustrated, Apr 1982) Paperback

by Bruce Feirstein

Book Overview

A guidebook to all that is truly masculine. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B012HTY552
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Pocket Books (April 1982)
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Does anyone remember?

I don't know if anyone remembers this book, which burst upon the scene in 1982 and instantly made its authors the current talk of the airwaves. It became a many-week bestseller, and one of them (I'm not sure which), proceeded to make the rounds of the talk shows, where he came off as intelligent, articulate, and funny, poked fun at his own book, and showed that the book really wasn't meant to be taken seriously in the first place. The scathing and well-written review by my fellow Top 50 reviewer E.A. Solinas notwithstanding, this shows they completely missed the point of the whole book. The book is a total satire, and pokes fun at the then raging battle between the sexes back in the 70s and 80s, when the traditional male role was under constant attack by feminists individually and the media collectively, and formerly secure, macho men who had never questioned their roles or behavior before were coping with a newly found insecurity and looking for a new definition of homegrown, American beefcake and maleness. That quest continues today in more subdued form (and with less existential angst), but whatever the ultimate fate of feminism, there's no doubt that it had a telling effect on many American men who examined their traditional roles for the first time. (Perhaps it could be said they finally realized they had delusions of gender). :-) This little book now stands as one of the funnier outposts along the ages old warpath in the battle between the sexes, especially in how that debate took shape and was framed in the U.S. during its earlier years.

Book of All Knowlege

This is the ultimate guide to all things MAN. It is the I-Ching of Manliness. My self (a Man)and my friends (also Men) refer to this tome of greatest wisdom and "The Book of All Knowledge". We put on on our wingtips, crank up the Chevy Straight 8, and and say "To hell with the enivornment, its full speed ahead"

Anyone who gives this book less than 5 stars must eat quiche

Classic book highlighting all that is masculine.A must have for any teenage male about to take off for college - guaranteed to address any problem you'll encounter both at school and in your professional career.

Hilarious! A real scream...

This book is not for everybody, but if you are a typical guy who upholds a macho ethic, this is for you. The pictures and material will have you laughing hard and I remember a few ripoff books came out after this one to capitalize on the fame of the original. This is the original and the best.