The Descent of Man Audiobook (Free)

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook release from the Descent of Man by Grayson Perry, go through by Jonny Phillips.

‘GRAYSON PERRY FOR Ruler AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Envision how BRILLIANT our nation would look if he was.’ Caitlin Moran

Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity – what it really is, how it operates, so why little boys are usually made of slugs and snails – since he was a youngster. Now, in this funny and required book, he turns round to check out men with a obvious eye about The Descent of Man and ask, what type of males would make the world a better place, for everybody?

What would happen if we rethought the old, macho, outdated version of manhood, and embraced a different notion of what makes a guy? Apart from quitting the coronary-inducing tension of always becoming ‘right’ as well as the huge new wardrobe choices, the real benefit might be a newly fitted masculinity will allow men to possess better human relationships – and that is happiness, right?

Grayson Perry admits he’s not immune through the stereotypes himself – as the psychoanalysts express, ‘if you place it, you’ve got it’ – and his applying for grants everything from power to physical appearance, from emotions to a brand new Manifesto for Males, are shot through with credibility, tenderness and the fact that, for everybody to benefit, upgrading masculinity must be something guys decide to carry out themselves. They have nothing to lose but their hang-ups.