Amateur

<p><b>Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction</b><br><b>Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize</b><br><br>In this groundbreaking new book Thomas Page McBee a trans man trains to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden while struggling to untangle the vexed relationship between masculinity and violence.<br><br>Through his experience of boxing - learning to get hit and to hit back; wrestling with the camaraderie of the gym; confronting the betrayals and strength of his own body - McBee examines the weight of male violence the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes and the limitations of conventional masculinity. A wide-ranging exploration of gender in our society <i>Amateur</i> is ultimately a story of hope as McBee traces a way forward: a new masculinity inside the ring and out of it.<br><br>A graceful and uncompromising exploration of living fighting and healing in <i>Amateur</i> we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man.</p>