Junod, Tom - In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir

From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hid, the son’s obsessive quest to uncover them, and ultimately, the true meaning of manhood. The genesis of this book goes back decades, to Junod’s famous piece in GQ, “My Father’s Fashion Tips,” when he first tried to wrestle with his father’s larger-than-life presence. It took the moment of the funeral for him to begin investigating his father’s life in earnest, and years to unearth the many incredible (and wrenching) secrets in this book.