The Book Prize Index

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

Thomas Page McBee

"From an award-winning writer whose work bristles with 'hard-won strength, insight, agility, and love' (Maggie Nelson), an exquisite and troubling narrative of masculinity, violence, and society"--

Gender & SexualityGender & Sexuality · medium confidenceGender & Sexuality81 signalsLlm Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityOpen Library: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General -> BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryLiterature & WritersSports & Athletes

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionMajor2018FinalistSecondary source
Wellcome Book Prize: Nonfiction2019ShortlistSecondary source
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