'Descent' Is A Witty Manifesto On Modern Manhood
English author and artist Grayson Perry realized at age 12 that he wanted to wear women's clothes. That fascination is part of his new book, a funny, engaging look at what it means to be a man today.
Grayson Perry isn't widely known in America, but in his native England, he's a cultural luminary. After beginning his career as an artist specializing in ceramics in the early '80s, he spun off into other media, appearing regularly on British TV screens as the subject and — or host of — programs such as Why Men Wear Frocks and All Man.
As those titles suggest, the topic of masculinity — a funny, engaging, and at times penetrating trek through the tricky landscape of contemporary masculinity.
