I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a book written by Tucker Max, published in 2006, that details anecdotal stories of debauchery and belligerence. It made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2006, 2007 and 2008.[1][2][3] It sold an estimated 70,000 copies its first year.[4]
Composed of short stories narrated by the author, often focuses on the narrator's humorous excess. The stories normally deal with themes such as the author's views on women, drinking (often to excess), insulting people, and embarrassing sexual encounters. A sequel, titled 'Assholes Finish First'[5][6], is set to be released by Simon and Schuster in 2010.[7]
[edit] Stories
The following stories are published in the book, but were not previously published on Max's website:
- Everyone has "that" friend
- Quite the vacation
- Tucker goes to Vegas
- Floss
- The Foxfield Weekend
- My Key West Trip
- This'll just hurt a little
- She won't take no for an answer
- The Sex Stories
- The Dog Vomit Story
- The Midland, Texas Story
- The Worst Tucker Story Ever
The following stories are published in the book and Max's website:
- The Night We Almost Died
- The UT Weekend
- The Absinthe Donuts Story
- The Famous Sushi Pants Story
- The Now Infamous Tucker Max Charity Auction Debacle
- The Blowjob Follies
- Tucker Fucks a Fat Girl; Hilarity Ensues
- The Austin Road Trip
- Girl Beats Tucker at his Own Game
- Tucker Tries Buttsex; Hilarity Does Not Ensue
- The Pee Blame
- Tucker Goes to a Hockey Game
- The Most Disturbing Conversation Ever
- Tucker Ruptures his Appendix
- Tucker Has a Moment of Reflection; Ends Poorly
[edit] Fratire
Shortly after publication, Max was featured in the New York Times Sunday Section with writers Maddox and Frank Kelly Rich.[8] The piece dubbed their new genre "fratire". The term has come to embody hyper-masculinity and political incorrectness, in response to "chicklit" and other books written specifically for women.[9] The male-centered themes of the book produced a flurry of portmanteau buzz words like mennisance, dicklit, and fratire.[10][11] None of them acquired much widespread usage. However, the genre flourished, and many similarly targeted books have been published since.[12][13][14]
[edit] Film Adaptation
In 2008, Max announced that he was independently financing a movie with the same title, loosely based on The Austin Road Trip story from the book.[15] According to a feature in The Hollywood Reporter the movie follows Tucker and his friends to a bachelor party where he abandons them in pursuit of sex.[16] After being banned from the wedding, Tucker attempts to right past wrongs.[16] Max announced on his production blog that he will not play himself.[17] Bob Gosse is attached to direct.[18] Filming started June 23rd in Shreveport, Louisiana.[19][16][18]
The movie is produced and financed by Darko Entertainment, the company behind Donnie Darko and was released September 25, 2009. [20]
The DVD is set to be released January 26, 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 2/5/06
- ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 5/7/07
- ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 4/13/08
- ^ Matthew Thornton (2006-09-25). "Deals". Publisher's Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6374594.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14. "his first book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, has sold more than 70,000 copies."
- ^ Tucker Max. "Assholes Finish First". Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Assholes-Finish-First-Tucker-Max/dp/1416938745/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200360861&sr=8-1. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ "Assholes Finish First". Rudius Media. http://assholesfinishfirst.tuckermax.com/. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ Matthew Thornton (2006-09-25). "Deals". Publisher's Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6374594.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ NYT: Dude, here's my book
- ^ Crosbie, Lynn (2008), "Fratire: Chick-Lit for Guys, Rudge, Raw and Unreprentant", Globe and Mail
- ^ Harkin, James (2006-09-16). "The return of the real man". Financial Times. http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=TUCKER+MAX&id=060915006418&ct=0&nclick_check=1. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Harris, Paul (2006-07-09). "The return of the real man". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jul/09/paulharris.theobserver. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Tucker Max (9/01/2006). "And to think, it only took five years (my response to Harper Collins) -". Tucker Max Blog. http://www.festeringass.com/archives/and_to_think_it_only_took_five.phtml. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Amazon: Mergers and Acqusitions
- ^ Amazon: Real Men Don't Apologize published after I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
- ^ Max, Tucker, Be Patient, Lots of Stuff Coming, http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/date/be_patient_lots_of_stuff_coming.phtml, retrieved 2008-08-18
- ^ a b c Goldstein, Gregg (4/16/2008), "'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment", The Hollywood Reporter, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1fd5a82c656c44fcc
- ^ Max, Tucker. "Why I'm not playing myself". Ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com. http://ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com/archives/why_im_not_play.html. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ a b IMDB: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
- ^ Max, Tucker. "Where the fuck is Shreveport?". ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com. http://ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com/archives/but_its_my_movi.html. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "Darko to serve Tucker Max's 'Beer'". http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986988.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
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