Danny McBride's 'Thrilling Tales of Modern Men' Book
Danny McBride created Kenny Powers, the foul-mouthed has-been at the center of Eastbound and Down, and his prose debut turns out to be just as committed to writing pathetic men. The hardcover runs 368 pages, anchored by stories like: an amateur magician's deadly mall stunt gone wrong, a washed-up sitcom actor's revenge against the coyote that killed his dog, and two runaways who part ways only after one last adventure together. Matthew McConaughey and Judd Apatow both blurbed the collection, with Apatow calling it sharper and funnier than anything in McBride's screen work. McBride wrote and created Eastbound and Down, Vice Principals, and The Righteous Gemstones, produced the recent Halloween films, and acted in Alien: Covenant, all before publishing his first book. Every story circles the same idea: modern masculinity is fragile. McBride has spent two decades building narratives around men who refuse to admit it.

