Tim Samuels knows it isn't always easy to be a man. In a disarmingly honest and funny way, he sets about revealing and challenging many of the ways men now find themselves living - taking on everything from war, religion and pornography, to fatherhood and relationships. The book is important as well as charming: something for many men, and as importantly women, to read, learn and be consoled by.

So THAT’S what they’re thinking, a fascinating peep behind the curtains of the 21st century male psyche… Hilarious, witty, insightful, and unique

Insightful, funny, and honest, Who Stole My Spear? is a great guide not to Real Man but to real men

I laughed a lot. And cried some, but only on the inside. Which is where a man cries

A soul-baring attempt to figure out what it means to be masculine

Pick of the Month

Brilliant

While it is often very funny, it is also insightful, both independently and in the context of broader thinking about the predicament of contemporary men… A delight… moving… and in an ambitiously hybrid form, he bolsters these observations with reporting (he is a radio host and television journalist, who has covered immigration to Britain and America’s death row), plus research into the anthropology and history of masculinity.

A much-needed manual for modern man… with soul searching, honesty and humour

Fresh research, counter-intuitive insights, lively writing, practical calls to action ... Grant has a deserved reputation as an original thinker.

[A] rich and practical paean to nonconformity.

Originals succeeds by marrying sound research and insightful anecdotes to a breezy narrative style

Part of the fun of Grant’s book is that he redeems behaviors we typically regard with puritan disdain. . . . Thought-provoking.

One of the most original thinkers of our time.

Solomon is an attentive and inquisitive anatomist of the ways that art is made within a society.

Solomon has an outsider’s eagle eye. A dazzling volume.

[A] wonderful collection of essays… Dip in and out, and you will be richly rewarded over and again.

This is a book to open the eyes and broaden the mind.

As always, Solomon gets into the far corners of things, including people’s minds… He’s also very sharp on South Africa, China, Libya, Romania, and Brexit Britain, among others. He’s an expert on turmoil.