I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
{{Short description|Book by Tucker Max}}
{{About||the film based on the novel|I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (film)}}
{{Infobox book
| name = I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
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| image = File:beerinhell.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Tucker Max
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| cover_artist = Erin Tyler
| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Non-Fiction, fratire
| publisher = Citadel Press
| release_date = January 2006
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| pages = 277 pp
| isbn = 978-0-8065-2728-4
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| preceded_by = Belligerence and Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories
| followed_by = Assholes Finish First
}}
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a book of autobiographical short stories about sex and drinking adventures written by Tucker Max. It was a New York Times #1 bestseller and made the Best Seller List each year from 2006 to 2011.[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/books/bestseller/0205bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 2/5/06[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/bestseller/0506bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 5/7/07[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/books/bestseller/0413bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 4/13/08[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/books/bestseller/bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1 NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 1/2/09[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/books/bestseller/bestpapernonfiction.html?ref=bestseller NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 1/1/10[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/bestseller/bestpapernonfiction.html NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 11/08/09[https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-04-10/paperback-nonfiction/list.html NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 4/10/11 It has sold over one million copies worldwide, including 400,000 copies in 2009 alone.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-20-ca-tucker20-story.html |title=Tucker Max in a 'Hell' of his own making |access-date=2010-03-04 |publisher=Los Angeles Times "...has sold a million copies" | first=Chris | last=Lee |date=2009-09-20}}{{Cite news|title=Facts & Figures 2009 Revised|work=Publishers Weekly|date=2010-04-05|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/42695-facts--figures-2009-revised.html}} The book was subsequently made into a feature film of the same title.
Composed of short stories narrated by the author, the book often focuses on the narrator's humorous excess. The stories deal with themes such as the author's views on women, drinking (often to excess), insulting people, and embarrassing sexual encounters. A sequel, Assholes Finish First,{{cite book
|title=Assholes Finish last|author=Tucker Max|date=28 September 2010|publisher=Gallery Books |isbn=978-1416938743}}{{cite web|url=http://assholesfinishfirst.tuckermax.com/|title=Assholes Finish First|publisher=Rudius Media|accessdate = 2008-01-15 }} was released by Simon & Schuster on September 28, 2010.{{cite magazine|url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6374594.html|title= Deals|magazine=Publishers Weekly|author=Matthew Thornton|date=2006-09-25|accessdate= 2008-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019050224/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6374594.html |archive-date=2006-10-19}}
Fratire
{{Main|Fratire}}
Max and George Ouzounian (known more commonly by his pen name, Maddox), are considered founding authors of the 21st century literary genre "fratire",{{cite web |url=http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/2009/9/23/21830/i_hope_they_serve_beer_hells_tucker_max_talks_philly2phillycom |title=I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell's Tucker Max Talks With Philly2Philly.com |date=2009-09-23 |publisher=Philly2Philly "...credited with founding 'fratire'" |access-date=2011-09-11 |archive-date=2013-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102213642/http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/2009/9/23/21830/i_hope_they_serve_beer_hells_tucker_max_talks_philly2phillycom |url-status=dead }} a composite of the nouns "fraternity" and "satire". The term was introduced by The New York Times reporter Warren St. John in a 2006 article titled "Dude, Here's My Book".{{cite news | last = St. John | first = Warren | title = Dude, Here's My Book | work = New York Times | date = 2006-04-16| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/fashion/sundaystyles/16CADS.html | accessdate = 2010-04-24 }} The genre is characterized by masculine themes and could be considered the male equivalent of chick lit.{{cite news | last = Harkin | first = James | title = The return of the real man | publisher = Financial Times (September 15, 2006) | url = http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto091520060937397349 | accessdate = 2010-06-20 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Both Max and Maddox have pointed out that neither of them were ever members of a fraternity.
References
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External links
- [http://tuckermax.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/fashion/sundaystyles/15BOOKS.html Debauchery That Leaps Right Off the Page] – NYT Review of IHTSBIH
Category:2006 short story collections
Category:American non-fiction books