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Bear Like Me
by Jonathan Cohen
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Publisher: Southern Tier Editions
Fired from his job at Phag magazine, Peter Mallory has to find a way to make a living - and get revenge! When his best friend suggests writing a book about the bear community - and using his new "bear" look to go undercover at Phag - Peter is soon letting his body hair grow and practising the fine art of flannel couture. When Peter's sabotage campaign works only too well, he starts to run the risk of discovery. With an envious fellow bear set to unmask Peter as a fraud, and a relationship with an intriguing bear on the line, things are about to get very hairy!
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| Getting Revenge and Finding Love |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Cohen, Jonathan. "Bear Like Me", Southern Tier, 2003.
Getting Revenge and Finding Love
Amos Lassen
Peter Mallory has lost his job at "Phag Magazine" and he is out for revenge. A friend of his gives him the idea to write a book about the bear community so he disguises himself as a bear and goes undercover. He lets his body hair grow and starts wearing flannel and he begins to sabotage the magazine however a jealous fellow bear tries to unmask him as Peter gets involved with yet another bear online.
Peter had an upscale life until he was fired and could not find another job. When he begins his transformation to a bear, his partner doesn't quite understand and tension arises between the two. At the same time Peter is faced with coming to terms with both his past and his future.
Cohen captures the bear subculture and he explains it well. The madcap adventure portrayed here gives a lot of laughs and a lot of truth. It is a bit over the top but it is still fun. What is particularly interesting is that Peter has to come out as a bear after he had already come out as gay and when he meets a new man that he falls for, there is a question if the new guy Dan will accept him when he finds out the background story.
Cohen gives us a witty and insightful look at what being a bear is like and he does so with style and with sharp dialogue. I found "Bear Like Me" to be a real treat.
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| Funny, breezy |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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I really enjoyed this book. It's not the type of book I would normally read, but maybe now that'll change. It was very funny, breezy and actually pretty hot in some places. Nothing earthshaking, just a very entertaining story with some fun characters. Woof!
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| Different Glasses |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Well, I bought the book because I'm an aquantance of Mr. Cohen. I was looking forward to seeing his quirky and hilarious personality on paper, not to mention his brilliance. I was definatly not let down. Let me go ahead and say, I'm a straight guy, and I loved every bit of this book. I still laugh to myself about some of the great lines. All my female friends keep trying to steal this book from me, especially while I was reading it.... I feel very privalaged to have thanked the auther himself for writing the book, because it was truly a treat, and a nice repreave from the more serious stuff I normally get into and write myself.
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| Not a bear to get through |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Peter is not your typical gay man -- he has an upscale life with a fancy job working for a stylish magazine and everything is going his way, until the day he's fired, and in the always increasing competitive job market of gay culture, can't find a job. He has a friend Mac who convinces him to write about a subculture, one often overlooked but growing, and that is the bear culture. Peter undergoes a transformation to being a bear, changing his clothes, his diet, his attitude and expectations along the way. This isn't simply a drag culture, but is one where the people live in a bearish fashion. Peter's partner Danny doesn't always quite know how to take this, and part of the tension of the story is the relationship with Peter and Danny. Another part is Peter's continuing struggle to come to terms with his past and his future. Cohen writes in an interesting manner, and I was able to finish the novel in just a few days, because it was hard to put down. The characters were interesting, and the plot kept my attention.
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| What a Bear! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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My son and I adore this book, sharp, witty and hilarious by turns. I believe that it should appeal to a far wider audience than just the Bear community.
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