Books for Dudes

Books for Dudes: Dog Day Bildungsromans
It is late summer, and my dude’s mind naturally turned to that beloved (and just as often maligned) category of coming-of-age novels. Turns out there’s a special term for them: Bildungsroman, which I ran across in Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of Augie March. According to the Modern Oracle, Wikipedia, it’s when an author “presents the psychological, moral, and social shaping of the personality of a protagonist.” more » » »