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  • By: Amber Tamblyn
  • Narrator: Glenn Davis
  • Category: Contemporary Women, Fiction
  • Length: 4 hours 33 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: June 26, 2018
  • Language: English
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Any Man Audiobook Summary

In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a multi-voice performance featuring Glenn Davis, Ben Foster, Marc Maron, Jason Ritter, John Roberts, Russ Tamblyn, Amber Tamblyn, January Lavoy, Phoebe Strole, Robin Miles, Therese Plummer, Dan Bittner, James Fouhey, and Michael Crouch.

A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home– the place doesn’t matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police, feelings of shame alienation from their friends and family and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears, fascinations and even misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims, publicly dissecting the details of their attack.

What is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim, these pages crackle with emotion, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy.

As bold as it is timely, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault.

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Any Man Audiobook Narrator

Glenn Davis is the narrator of Any Man audiobook that was written by Amber Tamblyn

Amber Tamblyn is an author, actress and director. She’s been nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for her work in television and film. She is the author of three books of poetry including the critically acclaimed best seller, Dark Sparkler.

Her debut novel Any Man will be released in June of 2018 on Harper Perennial and a book of non-fiction essays for Crown in 2019. Most recently she wrote and directed the feature film, “Paint it Black”, based on the novel by Janet Fitch, starring Alia Shawkat, Janet McTeer and Alfred Molina, currently on Netflix. She reviews books of poetry by women for Bust Magazine, is a contributing writer for The New York Times and is a founding member of Time’s Up. She lives in New York.

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Narrator Glenn Davis
Length 4 hours 33 minutes
Author Amber Tamblyn
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date June 26, 2018
ISBN 9780062799548

Subjects

The publisher of the Any Man is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Contemporary Women, Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the Any Man is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062799548.

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Goodreads Reviews

*TANYA*

July 09, 2018

Unlike anything I’ve ever read!!! It was macabre, twisted and so unique. It’s not for the faint of heart. I loved the writing style, at one point I forgot this was fiction, needless to say I was very impressed with Amber Tamblyn.

Chandra

May 06, 2018

You ever start reading a book and know immediately that it was going to be something different than what you've ever read before? That you know you're going to get gut punched and deepen that line between your eyes from the intense face you make as you turn each page? Yeah, that's what happened here.Amber Tamblyn uses a variety of writing styles here to bring you a story that's not about the victimizer, but about the victims. She takes us deep into their minds in the aftermath of their horrible incidents and we see how they try to feel whole again. We are taken into their random thoughts... how these situations occur and then she takes us further in showing how society and the media help to perpetuate the rape culture in America. All of this is done in a various styles: poetry, tweets, chat boxes, interviews, journal entries, emails.... and every single one of these hits you right in the solar plexus. We hear ALL the time how a woman shouldn't have worn that short skirt or dressed herself up like that if she didn't want the attention. How she was just asking for it. In this novel, we hear about how he shouldn't have gotten drunk at the bar while his wife was at home with the kids. What was he thinking? STOP VICTIMIZING THE VICTIMS FURTHER. How many of you think men CAN'T get raped? Why do we, as a society, blame the victim, use them as the story of the day and then toss them aside when something more horrifying comes alone?This book puts you into the mind of the survivors. How they will have to live with this for the rest of their lives and how by using each other as a support group, you can eventually, hopefully, more forward. I went through a roller coaster of emotions as I read this. It hit me HARD and left quite the imprint.Equally horrifying, eye opening and heart breaking, this book is INTENSE. Tamblyn clearly knows how to write and this debut will leave you reeling. This won't be an easy read for some readers, but it's a necessary one.★★★★★

ReadingWryly

July 29, 2022

Wow. This will be on my favorites of the year list, undoubtedly. This novel was gruesomely brutal, with gorgeous writing, and thought-provoking commentary.I loved the insightful inner-monologues of the male victims which was somehow both poetic and straight-forward in its rawness. The mixed media made it feel relevant and very "now." The AUDIOBOOK. My LORT the audio was incredible, featuring a full cast and the author herself as the villain. The perpetrator of these horrendous crimes surprisingly has very little to say, as the focus of the narrative is on her male victims. By turning the tables on the typical serial assailant trope, Tamblyn challenges the widely held beliefs of the public at large in regard to how we treat victims. This also allows a discussion about male fragility and the patriarchy. As a woman, I was appalled by what this woman was doing to these men. Tamblyn wrote them in a way that really made them feel relatable to me. But at the same time, there was a little voice in the back of my head that was saying, "You see? You see what it's like to be vulnerable? You see what it's like to be blamed?" It split me in two. Unfortunately, this is one of those books that will preach to the choir. The people who REALLY NEED to read this won't be interested in it. But I'm going to do my best to push it on everyone I can henceforth! Definitely check trigger warnings for this one, and listen to the audio if you have access to it. I found it on Scribd. 5 stars, all day, everyday. Yes. yes. yes. yes. yes!

Janet

October 19, 2018

This genre-busting debut novel was surprising from beginning to end. A female serial rapist known only as Maude preys upon unsuspecting men, boldly reframing sexual assault, imagining a male-victim, female-attacker point of view, the better to defamiliarize and highlight our contemporary rape culture. We see each man struggling with what has happened to him personally, each with a very different voice--and then the media circus begins, adding its own brand of vicious ugliness to the suffering. It's a scathing portrait of American celebrity culture and the way in which it transmutes human tragedy into a squalid orgy where victims are forgotten as likes and shares swirl and ‘news’ becomes a lurid feast.The section of tweets is particularly devastating, as Tamblyn uses actual cultural figures to create a realistic sequence in which the content goes from sympathy for the men (few likes) to needing to be seen showing sympathy to just who can use their pain to get more attention and sell something. It’s a blistering criticism, as is the use of the men, especially Donald, the first victim, who agrees to be interviewed in hopes of helping other men, and the hideous way his vulnerability is trampled in the public arena.I admit, when I heard that Amber Tamblyn was writing a novel about a female serial rapist, I was concerned to say the least—not wanting to see some cheap rape revenge fantasy. Any Man is anything but cheap--raw, passionate, sophisticated, artistically bravura. The book’s furious empathy is for victims of sexual assault, and especially the way they are futher assaulted and depersonalized by sensationalist news and social media. Making men the victims widens the discussion, and defamiliarizes the narrative. Stylistically, the book is a stunner, a real highwire act as it moves between monologue, diary, verse, interview, online searches, opinion pieces and those blistering tweets, an explosive, shapeshifting piece of literary real estate. This astonishing novel steps aside for nothing, takes every risk and succeeds. Don't miss this one.

Blake the Book Eater

June 30, 2018

This is the best book I’ll never read again. It took all the feelings of guilt and shame of being a survivor of sexual assault into words that I hadn’t been able to find myself. It was insanely triggering. I broke down numerous times. But that’s ok, because the journey I went on was like a cleansing fire. I suffered and so did these characters, and Tamblyn shows the very difficult task of trying to move past the stereotype of being a man who was raped. I can’t thank the author enough of this amazing, powerful, and important book.

Drew

June 26, 2018

6 out of 5. I read and loved Tamblyn's Dark Sparkler a few years ago, and I was excited to see what would happen when she turned her attentions to full-length prose. ANY MAN does not disappoint. Fair warning: this book is fucking brutal. If you have a penis, you're going to squirm. And that's kind of the point. Tamblyn takes the potentially-cringeworthy concept of a female rapist raping men and makes it potent because it doesn't so much focus on the perp as it does the victims. The survivors. The media frenzy. It gives voice to a male victim not because men need another place to be represented but because sexual assault happens across gender lines and one way, potentially, to get a man to understand the reality of surviving sexual assault... is to put him in the place of a man who has survived it. In that way, Tamblyn's book is critical because it believes so wholeheartedly in the most fundamental power of art: to awaken minds by evoking empathy. Plus, Tamblyn's a killer writer. Crossing forms and styles, she makes each voice unique and distinct and the book almost compels you to read it. I had plans on this Saturday evening and instead I sat home and read the whole damn thing. And while I crossed my legs a couple times, I also moved quickly beyond the physical OOF of it all and into a space that I realize I'd never been before, a new understanding of the mind of a survivor. By all rights this should not only be an instant classic, it should be added to every high school reading curriculum. It should be the OneBook for the whole country. A dumptruck full of copies should be left on the South Lawn of the White House. Read this book, now, when the minds it can change might be the ones to tip the scales.

Brooke

August 06, 2018

A haunting & riveting read. ANY MAN is an intense look at the aftermath of male rape. This is a short read, more so bordering on novella level, & the writing style is quite eccentric. Poetry, prose & social media commentary (mostly Twitter & OkCupid) combine to tell the story of 5 survivors. It kind of annoyed me that there were no chapters marked with who's POV it was, but each character is so unique that it's easy to distinguish their voices. I actually wasn't sure if I would be finishing the book because it took some time to get used to the style, but am glad I didn't give up on it. It's clear this book has an agenda, especially when you see the hashtags & Nancy Grace resemblance. Media & rape culture at its finest. Cleverly written, ANY MAN will make you think, will make you feel, & will perhaps make those who are contributing to the shameful tactics of victim blaming ("But men can't get raped!" & other nonsense) see life through another's lenses. I also want to note I really respect Tamblyn's decision for Maude's intention- it's not as simple as you may think. The fact that she didn't choose the easy way out, or provide a simplistic one-dimensional answer to make things easier to swallow makes this debut even more harsh & raw. She doesn't provide a way for readers to feel empathy for the perp (as they very well shouldn't, but it happens), thus solely focusing on the survivors. Interestingly enough, Tamblyn chooses to not specifically seek out any "type" of man. ANY MAN is filled with society's clichés, yet doesn't rely on those clichés to set the storyline forward. Although the attacks are a huge part of the story, we begin to see the MCs start the beginning stages of healing. Told in short chapters, I flew through ANY MAN in a couple of sittings. I know this will leave a lasting impact on me & I am looking forward to Tamblyn's next work. Also, apparently this is classified as thriller? It is very pseudo-thriller in the sense that the hunt for Maude is on & leaves things with no resolution, but that's the extent of it. I haven't had the chance to listen to the audiobook version, but I imagine that it is even more moving to hear the narratives come to life, so please pick that one up if you can.A necessary & highly recommended read. "I am in a body. It is not the one I came here with, but it is the one I'll leave here in. I will take care of it. It belongs to me now. My pain, I will take care of it. It belongs to me now. My heart, I will take care of it. It belongs to me now. My story, I will take care of it. It belongs to me now."

Erin

January 23, 2021

4.5 rounded up! This audiobook was excellent! More like a character study, memoir, even poetry, than like a traditional thriller.. The format was unlike anything i can remember & it really worked for me. Heartbreaking, antagonistic, refreshing, RIVETING! The topic is tough (is an understatement,) but absolutely necessary- I'd recommend this to anyone looking for something different.

Krista

February 12, 2020

Amber Tamblyn is succeeding in every way I want to.People who live through sexual assault are a crash on the side of the road, and the American media is nothing more than cars slowing down just long enough to take a peek.

Andrea

July 01, 2018

Wow—talk about intense! The audiobook version of this is unbelievably well put together. I’m still reeling from getting to the end. It’s short but it packs a hell of a punch.

Sydney Books

September 06, 2022

Will never forget this book as long as I live.

Nadine

August 27, 2018

4.5 StarsAny Man is a gender-bending story about the survivors of a female serial rapist named Maude. The novel alternates perspective as each of the men deal with the effects of their sexual assault right after and years later.I can’t say that I’ve been a super fan of Amber Tamblyn’s, but I enjoyed her performances whenever I seen them so when I found out she wrote a novel I knew I had to read it immediately. Any Man is like nothing I’ve ever read before yet reflects the real world perfectly, so, in a way, I’ve seen everything depicted in this novel play out numerous times before.The way society views rape and treats its survivors depends on a lot of factors that shouldn’t matter, like gender, race, ethnicity, and the facts surrounding the assault. Blame is shifted and twisted on everyone and anyone but the perpetrator when women are raped. Any Man spotlights this as each of the men are shamed in different ways.Tamblyn’s writing is what makes this novel a success. The novel alternates between prose, poetry, journal entries, online messaging, and tweets. These differing formats help the reader immerse themselves in the characters and the picture Tamblyn is painting. It’s a writing style that readers will either love or hate.Overall, Any Man is a realistic depiction of how sexual assault and its survivors are treated by reversing the gender to spotlight the changes we need to make as a society.

Anastacia Reads Stuff

November 04, 2022

This book is unlike anything I have ever read before. Amber uses multiple writing to describe the aftermath of the lives of multiple victims of sexual assault. In this story the roles are reversed and out victims are men. Most women know all too well what living lives after SA is like and how rape culture has used victims stories and turns them against the victim. When a women is violated it almost feels expected. The way society views rape and treats its survivors depends on a lot of factors that shouldn’t matter, like gender, race, ethnicity, and the facts surrounding the assault. It was because she was drunk, under dressed, giving mixed signals, etc etc. This book explores what happens when the gender roles are reversed. The writing is a mixture of poetry, prose, journey entries, and a traditional narrative which keeps you engaged and amps up the intensity. Without them being directly labeled each voice is different and unique. You know exactly who is speaking without being able to label it. Overall, I highly recommend this book. Be prepared that it is brutal and comes with multiple trigger warnings but carries with it such an important message.

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