What does it mean to be a man today? In his first memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon considers this dilemma and reflects on his own roles -son, son-in-law, husband and, above all, father of four children. Combining childhood memories of his parents´ marriage and divorce, moments of painful adolescent comedy, and giddy encounters with the popular art and literature of his youth, Manhood for Amateurs is a personal and a family history.