Gay Men Don't Get Fat

Just fablous, hilarious stories that are laugh out loud funny. Loved reading about his childhood escapdes in England. Never saw any of his windows in person but his real talent is story telling and communicating. A very entertaining book full of sweet memories, and crazy adventures. Just wish it were longer and told more about the people he worked with.

This guy knows how to put words together. It was laugh out loud. If I smoked, I'd need a cigarette after each paragraph. I've read almost all of his books. This is one of the funniest.

I loved the first few chapters of this book so much that I took it on a car trip with my sister and read it out loud to her and we laughed so hard we thought we were going to have to pull off the road. The rest of the book was so-so, but we both agreed that the first few chapters were worth every penny spent. I find myself still smiling on the perspective the writer gave --- love the description of the gay man at the BBQ not fitting in with the other men.

I bought this book because the title is funny and my friend recommended it. I am gay and thought I could probably use some lessons. I quickly realized I am not the type of gay this book wants me to be. It is for your more fashion driven, meticulous gay. That's not me. It was well written and had some laughs though.

LIsten up and listen good. if you comeacross this book buy 5. 1 for you to read 1 for the coffee table and 3 as gifts. This hands down i such a great read and has been the subject of a many conversations with good friends over wine. I seriously can not stop reading it. I love Simon Doonan and his artful way of thinking about everyday expirences.

Very funny, educational, a page turner, nothing naff about it. Buy it, read it, quote it, tell your friends. Much better than moobies.

Start reading it and you get the inevitable bitchy thought that "these smart turns of phrase will get old very soon." Never! The book is witty, profound (uh? yes!), and just bitchy to a level that's charming and respectful at the same time. Must read.

I agree that this book isn't as charming as some of Doonan's other writing, but it's still funny. The tone can be nasty at times in a way that can exclude the reader, which, as a writing style, I frankly don't understand. Nevertheless, one expects Doonan to be saucy and this book certainly is. The writing on which foods are gay, straight, or lesbian was hilarious, and I'm reminded of it all of the time. My tip: get it used and pay just a few bucks for it. This is good for an airplane or a night in but not a real keeper.

it was OK, I found his humour a bit too queenie for my taste.

Excellent

Really couldn't make it more than a couple of chapters through this. I think it may have been aimed at a different target audience, or perhaps I hadn't sufficiently absorbed who the hell Simon Doonan was, but "we gays" is not a phrase I want to see used with any kind of seriousness, casually reducing everyone with a shared sexual orientation into a set of elderly stereotypes as if Doonan were the authority on every single other gay man in existence. Horrid.

Rubbish