I was tipped off to Madox's website, thebestpageintheuniverse.com, or something like that by a friend who said his critiques and subsequent failing marks on childrens' artwork was hillarious. And it was. So I saw that he wrote a book and I went out and got it for my friend Brad's b-day. Since I had it and it was unwrapped, I did the tacky thing and read it.
I laughed outloud. I also felt embarrassment by the very gross graphic drawings throughout the book when I read it on the plane.
There are chapters on Beef Jerkey, Chuck Norris, and how to grope women successfully, just to give you an idea of what this book is about.
If you recognize that this author is not the person he presents (think the Sarah Siverman show) it's a lot funnier.

hahah.. i read this at Christmas time and totally forgot to comment... the basic premise of this book is that the author goes through the alphabet letter by letter describing a topic and spends 3-4 pages describing what makes that topic so manly.


A is ass kicking
B is for Boners
C is for cock punches
D is for Dexter
...
You get the picture. Absolutely awesomely funny.

The cover of the book has a man punching a gorilla. A FREAKING Gorilla!

This book is funny as hell but ultimately a disappointing account of masculinity. For instance, there is no section on liquor, which is a key component of unhinged manliness. There is also too much talk of video games and not enough about getting some. Not very manly if you ask me.

Crude, but, yes, funny. Lots of easy-to-take-offense-at comments about women, but surely no one can actually have that attitude today (or can they.) Lots of vulgarity and scatalogical humor, too. Author has an acerbic sense of humor that is very funny in small doses. Not recommended to be read cover to cover in a short time, though.

The print companion to [http://maddox.xmission.com] contains a few laugh-out-loud Maddox gems, but overall, he doesn't seem quite at home with his subject. The unrelenting misogyny, not all that prominent on the Web site, is rather forced in places, and may offend some readers.

Maddox kicks ass. He's such an asshole it's comical. This book was kinda a let-down to me, as I find his writing on "Best Page in the Universe" to be much better. Nontheless, it's a great toilet read. (Seriously).

Taught me how to be a man.

I greatly appreciate a book that can make me laugh out loud while riding on public transportation. Although some of the subjects covered in this A-Z of manliness are worth skipping over, there are always a few lines in each that bring redemption to worthless subject. I personally love completely absurd statements and significant exaggeration both of which abound in this book. One of my personal favorite statements was in the letter M for Metal, Maddox goes to his first Heavy Metal concert and the "Music was so loud that it gave my friend back problems". Not a book for Higher learning but I still enjoyed it.

I enjoy the humor of Maddox. His website got me interested in reading his book. It is sort of a "Man Show" meets "Maxim" magazine sort of humor. Geared towards guys, but if you find that amusing, this book is worth a read.

Similar to my reviwe of "Modern Drunkard". Very nice to read something that is in your face. In today's overly sensitive environment, it is fun to read something that says, "damnit, these things are cool to us men, and we are proud of that!"

I read the Amazon sample (A for ass-kicking and B for boner). Not terrible, but not my thing. I found the humor generally forced and not so funny. YMMV, but if you like irony, satire, or wordplay you’ll probably have the same experience.

Brought to you by the mastermind behind www.thebestpageintheuniverse.com. He's not the kind of person to read if you are easily offended. But if you enjoy offending people, read this for some A material! Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a "manly" topic complete with illustrations.

A is for ass-kicking
B is for boners
C is for copping a feel
D is for taking a dump
E is for enlightenment
F is for female wrestling
G is for gas
H is for hot sauce
I is for irate
J is for beef jerky
K is for knockers
L is for lumberjack
M is for metal
N is for Chuck Norris
O is for obedience
P is for pirates
Q is for quickie
R is for road rage
S is for sneaking a peek
T is for taunting
U is for urinal etiquette
V is for violence
W is for winner
X is for XXX
Y is for yelling
Z is for zombies