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The Men's Club

by Leonard Michaels · 1981

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Seven men, friends and strangers, gather in a house in Berkeley. They intend to start a men's club, the purpose of which isn't immediately clear to any of them; but very quickly they discover a powerful and passionate desire to talk. First published in 1981, The Men's Club is a scathing, pitying, absurdly dark and funny novel about manhood in the age of therapy. "The climax is fitting, horrific, and wonderfully droll" (The New York Times Book Review).

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisBerkeleyBerkeleyMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 181 pages

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