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The Men's Club by Leonard Michaels

The Men's Club by Leonard Michaels

A men’s club didn’t exclude women. It also didn’t exclude kangaroos. It included only men.

The late 1970s. Seven men – friends, acquaintances, and strangers – gather in a suburban home in Berkeley, California. They intend to start a men’s club, the purpose of which isn’t immediately clear to any of them.

But as the evening wears on and the drinks flow faster, they discover a powerful and passionate desire to talk – to unburden and to share, to try to comprehend their feelings, their insecurities, their lives.

Kramer claims he’s slept with six hundred women; Berliner and his wife beat each other as foreplay; Cavanaugh – big handsome guy – is haunted by his former life as a professional basketball player. And Terry just can’t get over Deborah Zeller.

The Men’s Club is a scathing, pitying, absurdly dark and funny novel about manhood and masculinity.

(Daunt Books)

The Men's Club by Leonard Michaels

Author

Leonard Michaels

Publisher

Daunt Books

 Year Published

2016

Number of Pages

192

Book Type

Novella

Genres

Country

American Writing

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