← Back to discovery

Self-Made Man

Norah Vincent

20061 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2006
first published
  • 2006Penguin · 288 pagesISBN 9781843545040
  • 2006Viking · 290 pages · ENGISBN 9780670034666
  • 2006ATLANTIC BOOKSISBN 9781843545033
  • 2008Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781429515382
  • 2006Penguin (Non-Classics) · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780143038702
  • 2006Penguin Highbridge (Aud) · ENGISBN 9780786564088
  • 2006Penguin Audio · 1 pages · ENGISBN 9780143058465
  • 2006Thorndike Press · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780786286720

A journalist's provocative and spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent disguised as a manNorah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man's world. Following in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me), Norah spent a year and a half disguised as her male alter ego, Ned, exploring what men are like when women aren't around. As Ned, she joins a bowling team, takes a high-octane sales job, goes on dates with women (and men), visits strip clubs, and even manages to infiltrate a monastery and a men's therapy group. At once thought- provoking and pure fun to read, Self-Made Man is a sympathetic and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism.

When and where

ThemesLove
How do you feel?