States of Man - by Gareth Cadwallader (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Funny, ironic, tender, nostalgic, speculative, absurd, entertaining and nightmarish, these elegantly rendered stories span a century of enduring Man. Once a Gatsby, Picasso or World Cup goal scorer he's suddenly inbox-fatigued, family, old...Ministry of Everyman. Now he stares down the barrel of the 21st Century. Give up? Time's up? Not yet.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Tender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered...these stories span a century of Man's consciousness.</p><p>Once, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze refusing to yield lover or art till his last mortality-defiant egotistic gasp. Straightforward enough choices, dreams, behaviour.</p><p>Suddenly he is man interrupted, underwhelmed, overworked, ridiculed, young, rock-solid or unreliable family man, father, husband, friend; his freedom evaporates: he's globe-trotting inbox-fatigued nonsense-hearing corporate, military civil-serving quiet ministry of Everyman. He's so exasperated he might just run away and prop up a bar, or contemplate mild treachery just to get by, and he's put-upon, boy is he put upon, as he zigzags over #TimesUp, political correctness, game theory, oh... and... the women in his life.</p><p>Now here he stands staring down the barrel of the 21<sup>st</sup> Century - he's superman, he's transhuman, he's disassembling, he's nearly done for</p><p>...or is he?</p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>These subtle and assured stories encapsulate a view of life at once bleak and realistic, yet enlivened by nuance, irony and quiet humour.'<br /> Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government, King's College, London.<br /> </p><br>
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