Awards for Good Boys
  • Published: 19 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781786332264
  • Imprint: Hutchinson
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $29.99
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Awards for Good Boys

From the viral Instagram account

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19 Sep 2019
Hardback
19 Nov 2019
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A wickedly funny illustrated look at a culture that celebrates men for being 'Good Boys' and doing the absolute least.

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We all know a good boy.

He's a 'Feminist’... in his Tinder bio.
He ghosts you, but then feels bad. (For a moment.)
He’s not mansplaining, just aggressively clarifying.
And he's open to being wrong. Theoretically.

Ready to call time on rewarding those who clear the low bar of not being outwardly awful?

Awards for Good Boys explores why so-called and self-proclaimed good boys are actually not that great, and makes literal our tendency to applaud men for doing the absolute least. It will make you cry-laugh, feel validated, and help you unravel your own assumptions about what makes us good. ______________________________
'Shelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book.' Samantha Irby, author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
‘A short book of one woman’s opinions. It’s funny, but I prefer when men are funny or else my ego feels bruised.’ Ben from Twitter
  • Published: 19 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781786332264
  • Imprint: Hutchinson
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Shelby Lorman

SHELBY LORMAN is a writer, illustrator, and comedian from Los Angeles. She thinks and writes about modern dating, technological mishaps, and our dystopian present, and created the Instagram account @awardsforgoodboys. She lives in New York with her dog Clem.

portrait photo of Shelby Lorman

Praise for Awards for Good Boys

Hilarious.

Vice

Shelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book.

Samantha Irby, author of 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life'

A satirical look at the ways in which these so-called good boys expect to be patted on the back for doing the bare minimum ... We all mess up. The important thing is to find constructive – and ideally funny – ways to talk about it.

Refinery29

Nothing captures the stress of modern dating quite so brilliantly as Shelby Lorman’s illustrations.

Stylist

The book is a combination of her signature cartoons and nightmarish tales from her love life. Both will make you laugh and cringe in equal measure; I guarantee it.

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