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A The Washington Post 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 "A work of comic genius." --Mary Norris, The New Yorker"Darkly humorous and deadly serious." -Sibbie O'Sullivan, Washington Post "A compulsively interesting feminist memoir." -Virginia Heffernan, Slate "Somehow hilarious, in the way that only E. Jean could have written it" -Leigh Haber, Oprah Magazine America's longest running advice columnist goes on the road to speak to women about hideous men and whether we need them. When E. Jean Carroll--possibly the liveliest woman in the world and author of the "Ask E. Jean" advice column in Elle Magazine, realized that her eight million readers and question-writers all seemed to have one thing in common--problems caused by men--she hit the road. Crisscrossing the country with her blue-haired poodle, Lewis Carroll, E. Jean stopped in every town named after a woman between Eden, Vermont and Tallulah, Louisiana to ask women the crucial question: What Do We Need Men For? E. Jean gave her rollicking road trip a sly, stylish turn when she deepened the story, creating a list called "The Most Hideous Men of My Life," and began to reflect on her own sometimes very dark history with the opposite sex. What advice would she have given to her past selves--as Miss Cheerleader USA and Miss Indiana University? Or as the fearless journalist, television host, and eventual advice columnist she became? E. Jean intertwines the stories of the fascinating people she meets on her road trip with her "horrible history with the male sex" (including mafia bosses, media titans, boyfriends, husbands, a serial killer, and a president), creating a decidedly dark yet hopeful, hilarious, and thrilling narrative. Her answer to the question What Do We Need Men For? will shock men and delight women.

"Delightful . . . We already know that E. Jean Carroll looked smashing when she went to court versus Donald J. Trump. But her irrepressible voice was, necessarily, repressed...Now she is saying pretty much everything." --The New York Times Book Review"Buoyant." --The New York TimesA hilarious, hopeful, revelatory behind the scenes account of the trials that riveted the nation You've heard about the tantrums, the seething, the storming out of court, yes. But what about E. Jean's side of the story? What about the flight suits, the bottle of green Chartreuse, and the bob? Not My Type puts you in a better seat than the jury box. You will hear Alina Habba, Esq., "Trump's most beautiful attorney," asking E. Jean to "list" the people she has "slept with"--a list which turns out to be so marvelous, it is worth twice the price of this book. You will experience the fear and loathing of E. Jean's "psychiatric evaluations," and hear how she tries to cheer up Trump's gloomy, $750-an-hour shrink by telling him about the strange white tablet Hunter S. Thompson gave her. You will be in on the choosing of the "clothes for court," and the creation of "the look" a look that will help the jury connect the younger E. Jean who is attacked by Trump in Bergdorf's with the older E. Jean who sits in the courtroom. It's all here: two dazzling trials, the full-tilt high stakes, the laugh-out-loud commentary, and the inspiring fact that a woman is never too old to get even.

Behöver Hunter S. Thompson en presentation? Den amerikanske journalisten som uppfann "gonzo-reportaget" var en legend långt innan han dog för egen hand 2007. Hans besatthet av knark, utsvävningar, skarpskytte och allmänt lagtrots gjorde honom till en symbol för gränslös individualism. Mest känd är han för reportage-romanen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, som också blev en blockbuster-film 1998 med Johnny Depp i huvudrollen som den gränslöse Hunter. I Rolling Stones-journalisten E. Jean Carrolls gonzo-biografi över den (ö)kände vildpannan kommer vi nära en man som bara kände att han levde när han stod på randen till avgrunden. I vartannat kapitel skildrar Carroll hur hon tillbringade några kaotiska månader med Thompson på hans gård, i vartannat berättar släktingar, vänner och ovänner om Hunters märkliga liv. "E. Jean Carroll är det kvinnliga svaret på Hunter S. Thompson." (NY Times) E. Jean Carroll var den första kvinna som arbetade som skrivande redaktör på Playboy, hon har regelbundet medverkat i Esquire, Rolling Stone, GQ och Outside, hon har skrivit för teveshowen Saturday Night Live och står numera för en berömd frågespalt i internationella Elle.