Men's Club — Leonard Michaels

A darkly humorous and scathing novel about manhood in the age of therapy, The Men's Club is a fitting and horrific exploration of masculinity.

First published in 1981, Leonard Michaels's The Men's Club is a pitying, absurdly dark and funny novel about manhood in the age of therapy. "The climax is fitting, horrific, and wonderfully droll" (The New York Times Book Review).

Seven men, friends and strangers, gather in a house in Berkeley. They intend to start a men's club, the purpose of which isn't immediately clear to any of them; but very quickly they discover a powerful and passionate desire to talk. What follows is a biting and satirical look at the state of masculinity, delving into the complexities of family relationships and the dark undercurrents of the human psyche.