Media Fact Sheet
Hard-Boiled Men
By: Guy Jacobs
IUniverse (2006)
Major Themes:
• Single life in NYC
• Interfaith Dating
• Sexuality
• Breakups/Divorce
• Academic Life
Awards:
• 2007 New York Book Festival Award
• 2007 Hollywood Book Festival Award
• 2006 DIY Book Festival Award
Guy Jacobs and Gilda Carle on CNBC:
Synopsis:
Follow under-sexed, over-analytical university professor Dr. Benjamin Wise, fresh off a horrific break-up, on a journey to reawaken his libido. Set against the backdrop of Asian massage parlors, University hallways and West Village anarchy, Hard-Boiled Men provides an honest and hilarious account of single life in New York City. The book exposes men’s secret thoughts on the nature of love, marriage, and sexuality.
Although Hard-Boiled Men is as likely to infuriate as entertain, Guy Jacobs’ account of promiscuity and debauchery on the road to love speaks to our eternal quest for intimacy, home and finding out just who we are.
Reviews:
“There's nothing soft about the new novel "Hard-Boiled Men". Guy Jacobs is a fresh, real and talented new author who has written a solid, humorous tale of a fictional university professor on a journey of single-life in a Big City.”
-PageOne Reviews
"Powerful, inspiring and heartfelt. Hard-Boiled Men is The Catcher in the Rye all grown up; there’s a little bit of Ben Wise in every one of us."
-Dr. Paul S. Lieber, Emerson College
“I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who ever dealt with a divorce or a breakup form a person they loved. In his own unique way, Jacobs successfully takes his readers into a funny and sometimes surprising tour of that enigmatic mind of the single man. Hard-Boiled Men reminded me of a modern day Portnoy’s Complaint or a sober Jewish version of Charles Bukowski.”
-The Compulsive Reader
Guy Jacob's character Ben Wise is completely intoxicating, seductive, confused, true to life, addictive, and a character to be identified with. Jacobs is truly a talented writer effortlessly able to keep you riveted and enthralled from cover to cover. This novel is a breath of fresh air to the usual single/dating life account cleverly laced with a healthy dose of humor. Nothing about this novel is ordinary from the characters to the racy love scenes. You will put it down feeling completely entertained and satisfied.
-Sherri A. Marchese
Author Bio:
Guy Jacobs is a professor in a midsized state university. He has published dozens of academic journal articles and has been featured on national television as an expert in the media field.
Jacobs is an alumnus of New York University where he conducted his graduate studies and is well known for his true to life depiction of Manhattan’s fast pace nature. While Hard-Boiled Men has been argued by some to be somewhat explicit, the novel has won praise for its literary contribution to the new journalism movement.
Jacobs' writing style has been widely influenced by the writings of such authors as Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Philip Roth and Jerzy Kosinski.
Media Appearances:
StyleWiz on CNN February 2007
StyleWiz on CNBC February 2007
Website:
www.hardboiledmen.com
Contact for Media Inquiries:
Sivan Media Group
PO Box 800018
Aventura, FL 33280
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