2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charlie LeDuff, in the tradition of Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, journeys across the country in search of the heart and soul of today's American male.
Critic Reviews
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Favorable
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Entertainment Weekly Karen Valby
At times, the writing might have benefited from a cool, deep breath. Still, LeDuff's a fearless, clear-eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print.
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Favorable
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Houston Chronicle Edward Nawotka
Provocative, cerebral and, frankly, self-loathing.
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
Revealing, raw-edged rants leavened by hangover humor. [15 Dec 2006, p.1258]
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Favorable
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Library Journal Joseph L. Carlson
This is a hard-hitting, profane, humorous, gritty, difficult, insightful, and definitely satisfying book that belongs firmly on the shelves of large public and university libraries in the male psychology section. [1 Nov 2006, p.98]
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Favorable
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The New York Times Todd Gitlin
Mr. LeDuff has some Damon Runyon in him, some Raymond Chandler, and more good one-liners than a week’s worth of machine-tooled sitcoms.
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Mixed
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The New York Times Book Review Allison Glock
US Guys is meant to be an examination of the mind of American men. And if that is the case, these points have been made before..., better and with less attention to the writer’s bowels.
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Mixed
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The Onion A.V. Club Scott Tobias
LeDuff's wide-ranging thesis about manhood never really coheres, mainly because the individual stories are too colorful to represent the mean, but as chapter-length anecdotes, they're too juicy to resist.
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Mixed
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Los Angeles Times Matthew Price
LeDuff is unsparing, if hilarious. Still...he's better off looking elsewhere for us guys.
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Mixed
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Publishers Weekly
Like the hard-luck stories he chronicles, the book is angry, touching, entertaining and flawed--a prologue, one hopes, to greater things down the road. [16 Oct 2006, p.43]
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Unfavorable
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Boston Globe Dan Cryer
For the most part, Us Guys is tinny, overheated exhibitionism posing as participatory journalism.
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