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Assholes Finish First Paperback – October 18, 2011
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What do you do after you write a #1 bestselling book about your drunken, sexual misadventures that makes you rich and famous? Celebrate by getting more drunk and having insane amounts of sex, obviously. And pretty soon you’ve got another bestselling book on your hands.
Stuffed full of ridiculous stories of bad decisions, debauchery, and sexual recklessness, Assholes Finish First starts where I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell left off, then proceeds to “some next-level shit.”
You already know how women react to confidence, game, and vodka, but what happens when you add money and fame to the mix? You get answers to the hard questions you've never thought of asking:
• What’s it like to have sex with a midget? What about two midgets?
• What does it do to a man to watch a nineteen-year-old do wind sprints to sober up, so that she can have sex with you before her twin sister does?
• At what number of virgins does deflowering them stop being fun and start feeling like a job?
• When a girl you met three hours ago decides to tattoo your name on her body, what is the appropriate reaction?
The answers are inside, they are absurd and hilarious, and they are the product of one man's experiences:
His name is Tucker Max, and he is still an asshole.
- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 18, 2011
- Dimensions6 x 1.08 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101439198691
- ISBN-13978-1439198698
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- Publisher : Gallery Books; a edition (October 18, 2011)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1439198691
- ISBN-13 : 978-1439198698
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.08 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #88,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #269 in Love, Sex & Marriage Humor
- #359 in Humorous American Literature
- #388 in Humor Essays (Books)
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About the author

Tucker Max is the co-founder of Scribe Media, a company that helps you write, publish, and market your book.
He's written four New York Times Best Sellers (three hit #1), which have sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. He's credited with being the originator of the literary genre, “fratire,” and is only the third writer (after Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Lewis) to ever have three books on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller List at one time. He was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List in 2009.
He received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1998, and his JD from Duke Law School in 2001. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Veronica and three children.
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One of the issues I have with the book is that a good chunk of the material is reprinted from his website. I get that the guy has to build his audience via the site, but since he had another book in the chamber, it might have been better to write all original content.
If you are a college kid, you will like this book. If you are a college kid's mom - you should probably keep looking for less poop-focused book.
Recently I was in the book store and noticed this on the shelf. I read a story out of it at the store (laughing more than once), ordered it through Amazon later and finished (most of) it.
The verdict? Funny, but not exactly the drop dead hilarity some might want, especially veteran fans. Many reviewers here have said "if you read 'I Hope They Serve Beer...', you'll be disappointed by this". I've never read that earlier book of his so I can't say how true that is. But I'd believe it. To be fair though, if you've never read Tucker's previous writing, you'll probably find almost all of this to be hilarious.
Either way, there are legitimately funny stories here even for diehard fans: Duke Law School Bullhorn story, Halloween party story, Tuckerfest weekend story, etc. There's maybe around 6 good to really good stories in the book. But there's lots of filler material that, frankly, hurts Tucker's legitimacy as a humor writer. For example, most of the chapters that are collections of 'short stories'. Like a litany of one-liners Tucker said to women while he was in bed with them? Not funny or print-worthy.
Also, despite Tucker's often admirable, hilarious displays of chutzpah, his writing comes across as annoyingly pompous sometimes, as if he's trying to overcome small nagging insecurities about himself. While Tucker is unquestionably charismatic beyond belief (and has some right to be arrogant), I suspect his charisma and "awesomeness" don't extend quite as far as he'd like others to believe. Nor are his philosophical insights as deep or accurate as some might think. Then again I've never met the man.
In sum: you'll love this book and should probably buy it if you're thick-skinned and have never heard of Tucker Max before. If you're thick-skinned, but are already familiar with Tucker's previous writing, expect some good stories, but nothing necessarily beyond his previous writing. If you can't stand uncouth humor, you'll absolutely hate this book and should likely avoid it. If you're unsure, visit his site, read his stories online to see if this book is for you.
3.5/5
P.S. The book reads very easily, which is a huge plus.
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Tucker Max wurde in den frühen 2000er Jahren zu einer der ersten großen Internetberühmtheiten. Nachdem er im Jahr 2001 sein Buch der besten Anmachsprüche („ The Definitive Book of Pick-Up Lines “) mit nur bescheidenem Erfolg veröffentlicht hatte, erlangte 2002/2003 mit seiner Website in Windeseile eine erstaunliche Popularität. Auf seiner Website veröffentlichte er extrem lustige Kurzgeschichten zu seinen regelmäßigen Alkohol- und Sex-Eskapaden. Dies führte 2003 zu der Veröffentlichung seines ersten Buches, „ Belligerence & Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories: 1 “.
Im Jahr 2006 befand sich seine Popularität dann auf einem neuerlichen Rekordhoch, was er für die Veröffentlichung seines dritten Buches "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" nutzte. Dieses enthielt die besten Geschichten seines Buches „Belligerence & Debauchery“, sowie seine neusten Abenteuer. Da diese Veröffentlichung das Vorgängerbuch im Grunde obsolet machte, gilt seither „I hope they serve beer in hell“ als Tucker Max’s erstes Buch, und auch er selbst veschweigt die Vorgänger gerne. Die atemberaubenden Verkaufszahlen des Buches, das sogar den ersten Platz der New York Times Bestsellerliste erreichte, ließen auch Tucker Max’s Erfolg explodieren. Und so folgte eine (schlechte) Verfilmung des Buches ( I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (Rental) [DVD ]). Mit der Veröffentlichung der Bücher „Assholes finish first“ und „Hilarity Ensues“ bringt Tucker Max nun, sechs Jahre später, diese erstaunliche Erfolgsgeschichte zu Ende.
In den Jahren seit der Veröffentlichung von "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" hat Tucker Max wieder so einiges erlebt und durchgemacht, aber für zwei komplette Bücher reicht es dann eben doch nicht. Und so enthalten die beiden Bände wieder einmal viele alte Geschichten. Manche kennt der alte Fan bereits von der Website oder aus „Belligerence & Debauchery“, andere blieben teilweise über 10 Jahre unveröffentlicht. Das Letzteres wohl damit zu begründen ist, dass Max sie selbst für nicht gut genug für eine Veröffentlichung hielt, liegt dabei wohl auf der Hand. Aber hier wurde eben ein wenig Füllmaterial benötigt.
Vom Aufbau her unterscheiden sich „Assholes finish first“ und „Hilarity Ensues“ von ihren Vorgängern. Waren bei diesen noch viele lustige Kurzgeschichten einfach aneinander gereiht, sind die neuen Bücher grob nach Themenkomplexen geordnet. So gibt es in „Assholes finish first“ z.B. Kurzgeschichten zu Tuckers Sexual to-do list oder den Themenkomplexen „Jungfrauen“, „Was Tucker alles für Sex tut“ oder „Tattoos“. In "Hilarity Ensues“ gibt es Themenkomplexe wie “Halloween“, „Tuckers Freund Hate“ oder zu den Junggesellenabschieden und Hochzeiten von Tuckers Freunden. Gerade bei diesen Komplexen merkt man dann, das viel Füllmaterial verwendet wurde um genügend Kurzgeschichten zu den Themen zusammen zu bekommen. Richtig gut sind dagegen zumindest teilweise wieder die großen eigenständigen Geschichten, die immer wieder zwischendurch eingestreut wurden. Hier gibt es ein paar Kapitel, die tatsächlich so lustig sind wie einige Geschichten aus „I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell“.
Insgesamt fallen „Assholes finish first“ und „Hilarity Ensues“ aber deutlich gegen den Vorgänger ab. Dies liegt mit Sicherheit auch daran, dass die Geschichten letztlich eben doch immer von den selben Themen handeln, und sich vieles wiederholt. Aber das Hauptproblem liegt eindeutig daran, dass hier Material für ein Buch auf zwei Bücher gestreckt werden musste. So gibt es zwar immer mal wieder ein paar gute Lacher, aber es kommt eben auch Langweile auf. Und im Vergleich zu "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell“ fallen beide Bücher doch deutlich ab. Wer dennoch nicht genug hat, kann sich auch noch die Outtakes der beiden Bücher als kostenloses E-Book herunterladen: „ Sloppy Seconds: The Tucker Max Leftovers “.
So ist es vielleicht doch nicht so schlecht, dass Tucker Max sich mit „Hilarity ensues“ aus dem von ihm geprägten Genre „Fratire“ zurückzieht, und sich künftig als Romanautor versuchen möchte. Und das er mit mittlerweile Ende 30 für den von ihm beschriebenen Lebensstil auch zu alt ist, hat er ebenfalls eingesehen: In einem ausführlichen Interview mit Michael Ellsberg von Forbes beschreibt er seinen radikalen Wandel. Die berühmten „Tucker Max Stories“ dürften also tatsächlich zu Ende sein.


