Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tucker Max, author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, is an asshole. He says so himself in his memoir, which is an alcohol-induced blur of the shots he takes and the women he beds during his stint at Duke Law School. Morally contradicting his prestigious education, Max scathingly narrates his beer-goggled trysts, providing jaw-dropping and revolting first-hand accounts of every pick up line and sexual position. Max’s book was originally published in 2006 and has remained a New York Times best-seller for 72 weeks, and was recently re-released.
New additions include tales of book tour debauchery, a drunken dictionary of definitions to gauge Max’s lack of sobriety and a five-star rating system of the women he has slept with. The book’s appeal is synonymous with Max’s: honest, in-your-face, and entertaining. At times his rude and degrading behavior toward women cemented my own cynical outlook, but I kept turning every page, hoping for a hint of a nice guy. It never came.
As if 300 ego-boosting pages aren’t enough for Max, a second novel and a screenplay are in the works, replenishing the perpetual thirst for beer available in college bars, liquor stores and even Hell.
Rating: 1 1/2 out of 4 stars
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Book review: 'I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell' by Tucker Max
Not only do Tucker Max's stories show an astonishing misogyny, a complete lack of maturity, and a severe lack of empathy, they're not even TRUE!
See here:
Tucker Max gets called out on The Opie & Anthony Show by fckangel
Microphones are Afraid of Tucker Max, video he doesnt....... by fckangel
You mean to tell me that this lisping, effeminate, obviously lying tool is "Mr. Alpha Male" from the book? Where are his devastatingly witty put-downs and comebacks? Where is his palpable "in-your-face" attitude?
Tucker Max is a liar, plain and simple. He made up his adventures, and passed them off as 100% true so that he could make money off of gullible frat boy types and young, immature losers who like to vicariously live on the wild side.
If anything, his fictional exploits are no more than an interesting study in l'esprit d'escalier.
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