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Originally Posted by taosaur
I actually find myself reading something of a "man book" right now, though it was recommended by a woman. Nick Harkaway's Angelmakers, which is a borderline caper novel with pulp adventure elements, though the overall sensibility is fairly genteel. It does have a somewhat porn-inflected outlook on the ladies in the novel. It's a departure for me, but a lot of fun so far.
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Thanks for the tip; I'll look into it.
Update: I ran through the Ringo PALADIN OF SHADOWS series.
He toned down the farce and humor in the latter volumes; the pulpish action remains but now they only offend 65% of the human race. Oddly enough, the series picked up a slight DOC SAVAGE tone. And he shied away from the protagonist's apparent misogyny and introduced a slew of strong femalle characters. (One of them is a bit of a sociopath who plants IEDs in her bedroom when she's away, but they can't all by calm and collected supergeniuses.)
The pulpish tone remains, though.