Danny McBride to Release Debut Story Collection on Modern Men
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20
Danny McBride to Release Debut Story Collection on Modern Men
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20
Summary
Danny McBride is moving from HBO antiheroes to fiction with his first book, “Thrilling Tales of Modern Men,” a forthcoming short-story collection.
The stories extend themes that defined “Eastbound & Down,” “Vice Principals” and “The Righteous Gemstones” — damaged, status-driven men who lash out, often violently.
McBride said the book also pushes toward quieter emotional depth while keeping the obscenity and eruptions that mark his screen work, including his writing on the rebooted “Halloween” films.
Framing the collection against today’s debate over masculinity, McBride said men raised on 1980s machismo are still sorting out what values matter in real life.