The Alphabet of Manliness
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The Alphabet of Manliness is a humor book written by Internet satirist and self-proclaimed pirate George Ouzounian, who is better known by his pseudonym Maddox.
Publication
Maddox announced the book on February 22, 2005, and announced its title to a subscribed mailing list on October 18, 2005. It was officially completed on January 19, 2006, as announced on Maddox's website. The book first appeared in Barnes and Noble bookstores during May 2006 and the book arrived to those who pre-ordered it on June 1, 2006. The book debuted at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Hardcover Advice/Other, and eventually attained #2. The book was published by Kensington in the United States and was published by Penguin in the UK.The book is dedicated to Maddox himself: "To the love of my life, my soul mate, and the greatest person in the world: Me." Excluding the foreward, acknowledgments, and an illustrator index, the book is 204 pages in length.
Sections
The book consists of 26 short sections, each corresponding to a letter of the alphabet.
- A - Ass-Kicking
- B - Boners
- C - Copping a Feel
- D - Taking a Dump
- E - Enlightenment (Inventions)
- F - Female Wrestling
- G - Gas (Flatulence)
- H - Hot Sauce
- I - Irate
- J - Jerky, Beef
- K - Knockers (Breasts)
- L - Lumberjack
- M - Metal (Music)
- N - Norris, Chuck
- O - Obedience
- P - Pirates
- Q - Quickies
- R - Road Rage
- S - Sneaking a Peek
- T - Taunting
- U - Urinal Ettiquette
- V - Violence
- W - Winner
- X - XXX (Pornography)
- Y - Yelling
- Z - Zombies
Illustrators
- Angelo Vildasol
- Bryan Douglas
- Jim Moore
- John Petersen
- Justina Fader
- Leah Tiscione
- Louis Fernet-Leclair
- Thomas Pollock Jr.
Book signing tour
After the official release of The Alphabet of Manliness, Maddox went on a book signing tour (currently in progress). The signing tour is taking place in several states starting in the his home state, Utah. The first leg of his tour (now complete) took him from Salt Lake City to the East Coast and Mid-west of the USA. The second leg of the tour to the West Coast started on July 13, 2006, ending on July 29, 2006.On this tour he dressed himself in a large royal gown and was wearing a crown on his head. This provoked many people to get down on their hands and knees in front of him, often kissing his hand.
While copies of The Alphabet of Manliness were primarily signed, some of the people in line had also asked for clothes or body parts to be signed as well.
UK Censorship
The United Kingdom version of the book has had certain factors of the book removed, the most notable were the headbutt to the ovaries and the back-breaker sections of the first chapter (A - Ass-kicking). It is also to be noted that the UK edition contains a Disclaimer.See also
External links
- [Official website]
- [The Best Page in the Universe]
- [Interview about Maddox and the book's content] (requires to click on an banner-ad to view it)
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