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US Guys
The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man
by Charlie LeDuff


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2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charlie LeDuff, in the tradition of Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, journeys across the country in search of the heart and soul of today's American male.

Penguin Press, 256 pages
02/01/2007
$25.95

ISBN: 1594201064

Nonfiction
Humor
Social Sciences

All reviews are classified as one of five grades: Outstanding (4 points), Favorable (3), Mixed (2), Unfavorable (1) and Terrible (0). To calculate the Metascore, we divide total points achieved by the total points possible (i.e., 4 x the number of reviews), with the resulting percentage (multiplied by 100) being the Metascore. Learn more...

Entertainment Weekly Karen Valby

At times, the writing might have benefited from a cool, deep breath. Still, LeDuff's a fearless, clear-eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print.

Houston Chronicle Edward Nawotka

Provocative, cerebral and, frankly, self-loathing.

Kirkus Reviews

Revealing, raw-edged rants leavened by hangover humor. [15 Dec 2006, p.1258]

Library Journal Joseph L. Carlson

This is a hard-hitting, profane, humorous, gritty, difficult, insightful, and definitely satisfying book that belongs firmly on the shelves of large public and university libraries in the male psychology section. [1 Nov 2006, p.98]

The New York Times Todd Gitlin

Mr. LeDuff has some Damon Runyon in him, some Raymond Chandler, and more good one-liners than a week’s worth of machine-tooled sitcoms.

The New York Times Book Review Allison Glock

US Guys is meant to be an examination of the mind of American men. And if that is the case, these points have been made before..., better and with less attention to the writer’s bowels.

The Onion A.V. Club Scott Tobias

LeDuff's wide-ranging thesis about manhood never really coheres, mainly because the individual stories are too colorful to represent the mean, but as chapter-length anecdotes, they're too juicy to resist.

Los Angeles Times Matthew Price

LeDuff is unsparing, if hilarious. Still...he's better off looking elsewhere for us guys.

Publishers Weekly

Like the hard-luck stories he chronicles, the book is angry, touching, entertaining and flawed--a prologue, one hopes, to greater things down the road. [16 Oct 2006, p.43]

Boston Globe Dan Cryer

For the most part, Us Guys is tinny, overheated exhibitionism posing as participatory journalism.

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US Guys The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man by Charlie LeDuff

US Guys
The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man
by Charlie LeDuff