Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The Daily Male


THE DAILY MALE

A kiwi bloke’s book of days
Rosemary Hepözden                   Illustrated by Murray Webb

 

 
 
The Book
 

 
There’s a lot more to the Kiwi bloke than the stereotype would have us believe. On any given day of the year, our much-beloved Kiwi menfolk have been on the job, excelling, inspiring, entertaining, discovering, conquering (and occasionally failing) in an impressively broad range of enterprises.
 
This collection of 366 anecdotes captures some of the most heart-warming and memorable  moments in the recent history of the Kiwi bloke: the day a former All Black ate 222 oysters; the Beige Brigade won a famous cricket ball on a TradeMe auction; a Rastafarian MP smashed his watch as he left Parliament; an Auckland neurosurgeon operated on Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards; an idiosyncratic skateboarder coined an unforgettable phrase; National Party leader got an unexpected mud pie facial; and a cricketer played on in the face of searing personal grief.
 
Illustrated with Murray Webb’s uncompromising caricatures, The Daily Male is a gift to New Zealand men: a year-long salute to some real Kiwi blokes.
 
 
 
The Author & Illustrator
 
 

 

 

 

Rosemary Hepözden began her formal studies of mankind as a student in the Anthropology Department of the University of Otago.  Additional insights have been gleaned during daily life in the presence of numerous male specimens, including her father, three brothers, a former husband, her son, and a male cat. Rosemary has previously written a history of McDonald’s in New Zealand, and a Kiwi compendium of baby names. She now runs her own business called The Word Factory, writing and editing books and articles on an ever-expanding range of subjects.
 
Murray Webb has been a prolific caricaturist since the 1970s. His subjects include politicians, sports people and other newsmakers, both in New Zealand abroad.
 
New Holland - $29.99  August 2013
 
 
 

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