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Bear Like Me

By: Jonathan Cohen

The first novel and funniest take on the bear community — now back in print!

Fired from his job at Phag magazine, Peter Mallory has to find a way to make a living . . . and get revenge! When his best friend suggests writing a book about the bear community — and using his new ursine look to go undercover at Phag — Peter is soon letting his body hair grow and practicing the fine art of flannel couture. When Peter’s sabotage campaign works only too well, he starts to run the risk of discovery. With an envious fellow bear set to unmask Peter as a fraud, and a relationship with an intriguing bear on the line, things are about to get very hairy!

Bear Bones Books /  Lethe Press
ISBN: 1-59021-196-0  •  ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-196-0
Softcover, 248 pp.,  $15  •  E-book, $5.99

Reviews of “Bear Like Me”

“In this fur-filled and fulfilling novel, Jonathan Cohen lays bare the Bear subculture with incisive wit and seductive satire. This comical cavort through the thick forest of hirsute gay/bi male animals entertains as it illuminates. This novel will have you alternately howling (with laughter), growling (with self-recognition), and of course, woofing.”
Ron Suresha, Author of Bears on Bears, Editor of Bearotica.
“Hilarious . . .thought-provoking . . . utterly entertaining. Cohen weaves narrative with documentary to bring the reality of West Coast bear culture to life and creates some lovingly memorable characters along the way. . . . Highly reminiscent of the early novels of Paul Monette . . . Cohen is a writer to keep your eye on.”
Les Wright, Director, Nashoba Institute (Bear History Project); Editor and Co-author of The Bear Book and The Bear Book II.

“There is a madcap pleasure to this book, a cheekily improbable comic read which is both an insider’s appreciation of the contemporary bear community, and something of a send-up of it, as well. Jonathan Cohen writes about bear customs, mores, and quirks with charming archness, coordinating a sociologist’s keen eye and a gossip-monger’s sharp tongue with gleeful precision. That’s the fun part; what delights is Cohen’s old-fashioned way with romance. . . . Self-identified bear readers will find images of themselves lumbering lustily and lovingly through these cheery pages; non-bears, or curious cubs-in-waiting, will enjoy Cohen’s saucy take on one of the queer world’s proudest subcultures.”
Richard Labonte, Reviewer, Book Marks and Q Syndicate

Buy “Bear Like Me”

“Bear Like Me” is now for sale in eBook form (print to come shortly) at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/68803.