HOW TO BE A MAN: A Guide to Style and Behavior for the Modern Gentleman

Written by Glenn O’Brien, with illustrations by Jean-Philippe Delhomme, HOW TO BE A MAN is the perfect sartorial and etiquette guide, essential for every man, but it’s also a brilliant skewed work of humor and philosophy that will entertain and enlighten not only men, but the women who love them (…and might want to change them!)

Glenn O’Brien is one of the most popular commentators on today’s cultural scene. His columns for Interview, Artforum and GQ, and his essays and interviews in a multitude of magazines and books have brilliantly illuminated the worlds of art, music and style.

Over the last decade O’Brien has amassed a particularly devoted following through his column in GQ, “The Style Guy” where he dispenses style and etiquette wisdom in droll prose suffused with wry humor and delightful turns of phrase.

O’Brien has truly “been around,” editing Interview under Warhol, working for Hef in Chicago, and on fashion magazines in New York.

O’Brien sharpened his already keen style sense as the creative director of advertising at the hip department store Barneys, and worked as creative director for Calvin Klein and Island Records, and on television campaigns for companies such as Dior and Armani. Not to mention hosting the legendary TV Party and writing the Basquiat film Downtown 81. In short, O’Brien knows his stuff.

Witty and accessible, HOW TO BE A MAN delivers style and etiquette wisdom delivered in lively, often hilarious prose. In sections titled “Manhood,” “Style,” “Behavior,” “Culture & Society,” and “Wisdom,”

O’Brien offers invaluable insights on the difference between a man and a gentleman, style and fashion, the dandy and the dude. It offers sage advice on grooming, entertaining and decorating, communication both electronic and primitive, age-appropriate dress, cursing, fighting, sex, death, and much more!