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In Executive Pursuit Of Action, Danger, And A Decent-Looking Pair Of Swim Trunks
St. Martin's Press
October 2008
On Sale: September 30, 2008
224 pages
ISBN: 0312384564
EAN: 9780312384562
Hardcover
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Harry Hurt III is a journalist and professional dilettante
who puts it all on the line in the search for freedom and
joy in the most unlikely of places. And the likely ones,
too. Whether he’s flying a vintage Mustang, risking his neck
at polo, or risking his dignity dancing with the New York
City Ballet, Hurt gives the readers of his “Executive
Pursuits” columns in The New York Times a Plimpton-esque
glimpse of the adventures hidden just around the corner. Hurt writes about hedonism, but the columns collected for
the first time here in Hurt Yourself are really about
finding fulfillment as a man in the second half of his life.
He writes about marriage, as he gets into, and out of,
trouble with wife; fatherhood, as he struggles to connect
with his son; and manhood, as he battles the demons of
vanity, insecurity, and fear. Through it all, Hurt tackles each premise—from playing
quarterback for the New York Jets to finding a swim suit a
middle-aged man can actually wear—with self-deprecating
humor and an unfailingly honest journalist’s eye.
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