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A journalist's provocative, spellbinding account of her eighteen months spent undercover will transform the way we think about what it means to be a man. Following
in the tradition of John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me) and Barbara
Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed), Norah Vincent immersed herself in
a cultural experience and reported back on what she observed incognito.
For over a year and a half she ventured into the world as Ned, with an
ever-present five o'clock shadow, a crew cut, wire-rimmed glasses and
her own size 11 1/2 shoes, a perfect disguise that enabled her to observe
the world of men as one among them. The result is a sympathetic, shrewd
and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism that's destined to
challenge preconceptions and attract enormous attention.
"This
gripping book got me through a delayed transatlantic flight beside a shrieking
baby. Could I say more? It was high-risk stuff, Norah Vincent's undercover
research into what men are like when they're in the places where men are
men. The reader's heart beats fast at the chances she took. In adventure
writing like this it is the quality of the adventurer that matters. Norah
Vincent's perceptiveness, and above all her large sympathies, make her
the perfect guide." "An
extraordinary human document, rich in empathy and insight. Readers expecting
a light read about a diverting stunt will find themselves taking a riveting
and richly illuminating journey into some of their own deepest truths.
You start out peeping into a window and end up staring into a mirror." "A fascinating,
original and often hilarious long day's journey into the world of men.
Posing as a man and infiltrating the female-free places males congregate,
Norah Vincent finds the male precincts to be a lot better -- and a lot
worse -- than most women ever imagine."
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will
be in stores January 20, 2006. You can pre-order the book 
