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There's nothing soft about the new novel 'Hard-Boiled Men' by Guy Jacobs

There's nothing soft about the new novel "Hard-Boiled Men" by Guy Jacobs (ISBN-10: 0595382444). 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.

Hard-Boiled Men works well because of a great chemistry of old school story-telling mixed in with a modern day unique contemporary style.

Guy Jocobs understands character development. The author's ear and eye for character thoughts and dialogue are a major successful achievement that adds the depth his story demands. Dr. Benjamin Wise is a university professor on personal journey of finding meaning in recent relationships ("When think back to my days with Miriana, I often wonder if I misled her… I always assumed that she knew that our time together was limited…"); Developing new relationships ("Two ships heading in different directions could never maintain a common course."); and relationships overall ("I always viewed relationships as a platform for mutual development, the man must help the woman fulfill her dreams, build and develop herself, but the woman should reciprocate.").

"Hard-Boiled Men" is a window into current human connections universally. It is smart, raw, tight and inventive while maintaining some old-school literary style. In a recent interview the author says, "One of the main issues that my novel deals with is single life for a man in his mid-thirties. Single life can at times feel exciting and at times lonely, at times enthralling and at times cold. I believe that no city better represents these emotions better than New York. I could not think of a better place to live but then again, I would not bring this city home to meet my mother."

"Hard-Boiled Men" is written for a mature audience. It's been described as "Sex in the City" from a male point-of-view. There's plenty of Sex. A great 'Big City' descriptions so I see the comparisons, but "Hard-Boiled Men" is different and much smarter than any "Sex in the City" episode because the characters in "Hard-Boiled Men" are real which gives the reader more of 'reality' point-of-view rather than Hollywood fantasy. The author says, "Benjamin Wise is myself, my best friend, the guy I borrowed twenty bucks from and never paid back as well as a few other people that I ran across in my times. I do not think that anyone can write a novel that doesn't have some biographical elements in it but I would not admit to anything I wrote down."

I highly recommend "Hard-Boiled Men" - It's more Real than any 'Dr. Phil Show' and a whole lot more fun.

John Weaver, Page One Literary Reviews

Hard-Boiled Men by Guy Jacobs

Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (February 9, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0595382444

About The Author: Guy Jacobs is the author of the award winning Hard-Boiled Men; a novel that has received extensive praise for its depiction of single life in New York City. A professor in a midsized state university, Jacobs was seen on CNN, Fox News and the CNBC networks.

In his novel, Hard-Boiled Men, the author provides his readers with the hilarious, whistle blowing account of academic misconduct, sexual conquest and all around emotional mayhem. Hard-Boiled Men is not the kind of novel that any of your university professors would ever assign in your undergraduate English seminar. After all, no professor would ever want his student to be privy of his inner most thoughts. Nevertheless, this book is required reading for anyone with a love for literature, a curiosity about the nature of men and the ability to laugh during life’s daunting moments.

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.

Visit Guy online at http://www.hardboiledmen.com