Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder is a 1991 non-fiction book by Samuel Wilson Fussell. It describes Fussell's time as a bodybuilder over four years, during which he takes steroids.
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| Author | Samuel Wilson Fussell |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Bodybuilding |
| Publisher | Poseidon Press |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 9780671701956 |
Publishers Weekly described it as "A book of minor significance, but enjoyable reading."[1]
Camille Paglia wrote, "Fussell has a great eye for eccentric characters and a great ear for the crackling vernacular. But too little time has passed for him to have psychological perspective on his profoundly self-altering experience.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder by Samuel Wilson Fussell". Publishers Weekly. 3 April 1991. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ Paglia, Camille (1992). Sex, art, and American culture: essays (1st ed.). New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679741015.