Manhood: A Journey from Childhood Into the Fierce Order of Virility - Paperbackby Michel Leiris (Author), Richard Howard (Translator) "Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life long progress of self discovery." Washington Post Book World "Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift of a strong emotion the emotion needed to defend himself