I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Infobox Book
name = I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Cover
author = Tucker Max
illustrator =
cover_artist = Erin Tyler
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject =
genre = Non-fiction, fratire, gonzo
publisher = Citadel
release_date = January 2006
english_release_date =
media_type =
pages = 277 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-08065-2728-5
oclc =
preceded_by =
followed_by = Assholes Finish First

"I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" is a book written by Tucker Max, published in 2006, that details his stories of debauchery and belligerence. It made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2006, 2007 and 2008. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/books/bestseller/0205bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 2/5/06] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/bestseller/0506bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 5/7/07] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/books/bestseller/0413bestpapernonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction] 4/13/08] It sold an estimated 70,000 copies its first year. [cite web
url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6374594.html
title = Deals
publisher = Publisher's Weekly
author = Matthew Thornton
date = 2006-09-25
accessdate = 2008-01-14 "his first book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, has sold more than 70,000 copies."]

Composed of short stories narrated by the author, the book is told in the gonzo style and often focuses on the narrator's humorous excess. The stories normally deal with themes of drinking (often to excess), insulting people, and embarrassing sexual encounters. A sequel, entitled 'Assholes Finish First' [cite web
url = http://www.amazon.com/Assholes-Finish-First-Tucker-Max/dp/1416938745/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200360861&sr=8-1
title = Assholes Finish First
publisher = Amazon
author = Tucker Max
accessdate = 2008-01-14 ] [cite web
url = http://assholesfinishfirst.tuckermax.com/
title = Assholes Finish First
publisher = Rudius Media
accessdate = 2008-01-15 ] , is set to be released by Simon and Schuster in November 2008. [cite web
url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6374594.html
title = Deals
publisher = Publisher's Weekly
author = Matthew Thornton
date = 2006-09-25
accessdate = 2008-01-14 ]

tories

The following stories are published in the book, but were not previously published on Max's website:

*Everyone has "that" friend
*Quite the vacation
*Tucker goes to Vegas
*Floss
*The Foxfield Weekend
*My Key West Trip
*This'll just hurt a little
*She won't take no for an answer
*The Sex Stories
*The Dog Vomit Story
*The Midland, Texas Story
*The Worst Tucker Story Ever

Fratire

Shortly after publication, Max was featured in the "New York Times" Sunday Section with writers Maddox and Frank Kelly Rich. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/fashion/sundaystyles/16CADS.html?ex=1302840000&en=778087aa367d0620&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss NYT: Dude, here's my book] ] The piece dubbed their new genre "fratire". The term has come to embody hyper-masculinity and political incorrectness, in response to "chicklit" and other books written specifically for women. [Citation

last1 = Crosbie | first1 = Lynn
title = Fratire: Chick-Lit for Guys, Rudge, Raw and Unreprentant
newspaper = Globe and Mail
date = 2007
year = 2008
url = ] The male-centered themes of the book produced a flurry of portmanteau buzz words like mennisance, dicklit, and fratire. [cite news

last = Harkin
first = James
title = The return of the real man
publisher = Financial Times
date = 2006-09-16
url = http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=TUCKER+MAX&id=060915006418&ct=0&nclick_check=1
accessdate = 2008-02-18 ] [cite news
last = Harris
first = Paul
title = The return of the real man
publisher = The Observer
date = 2006-07-09
url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jul/09/paulharris.theobserver
accessdate = 2008-02-18 ] None of them acquired much widespread usage. However, the genre flourished, and many similarly targeted books have been published since. [cite web

url = http://www.festeringass.com/archives/and_to_think_it_only_took_five.phtml
title = And to think, it only took five years (my response to Harper Collins) -
publisher = Tucker Max Blog
author = Tucker Max
date = 9/01/2006
accessdate = 2008-02-14 ] [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X1P4AW Amazon: Mergers and Acqusitions] ] [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1401301827 Amazon: Real Men Don't Apologize] published after "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell"]

Film Adaptation

In 2008, Max announced that he was independently financing a movie with the same title, loosely based on "The Austin Road Trip story" from the book. [Citation
last = Max
first = Tucker
title = Be Patient, Lots of Stuff Coming
url=http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/date/be_patient_lots_of_stuff_coming.phtml
accessdate = 2008-08-18] According to a feature in The Hollywood Reporter the movie follows Tucker and his friends to a bachelor party where he abandons them in pursuit of sex. After being banned from the wedding, Tucker attempts to right past wrongs. Max announced on his production blog that he will not play himself. [cite web
last = Max
first = Tucker
title = Why I'm not playing myself
publisher = Ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com
url=http://ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com/archives/why_im_not_play.html
accessdate = 2008-04-20 ] Bob Gosse is attached to direct. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220628/ IMDB:] I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell] Filming is scheduled to start June 23rd in Shreveport, Louisiana. [cite web
last = Max
first = Tucker
title = Where the fuck is Shreveport?
publisher = ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com
url=http://ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com/archives/but_its_my_movi.html
accessdate = 2008-05-16 ] Citation
last = Goldstein
first = Gregg
title = 'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment
newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter
year = 4/16/2008
url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1fd5a82c656c44fcc] [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220628/ IMDB:] I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell]

The movie will be produced and financed by Darko Entertainment, the company behind Donnie Darko. [cite web
title = Darko to serve Tucker Max's 'Beer'
url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986988.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
accessdate = 2008-05-16]

ee also

* The Alphabet of Manliness

References

External links

* [http://beerinhell.tuckermax.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/fashion/sundaystyles/15BOOKS.html Debauchery That Leaps Right Off the Page] - NYT Review of IHTSBIH
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0806527285 Amazon.com: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell]