Each week on National Public Radio station KCRW in Los Angeles, The Urban Man sets out to fathom modern life in the megalopolis—he cruises its cluttered boulevards and shows up at its TV shoots; he sleeps in its picture-perfect mini-mansions, takes meetings in its glittering office towers, and goes looking for a glimpse of the moon up among the billboards and power lines. Along the way, he tries to figure out what it all means.

    For the first time, the best of these short pieces, famous for their incisive wit and gorgeous prose, have been pulled together in one place. Some have been expanded, and some have been created just for this collection. Anyone who has a love/hate relationship with L.A.— in fact anyone who struggles with the slippery logic of life anywhere in the 21st Century—will find this little volume impossible to put down.

"Marc Porter Zasada’s crisp and confident prose explores a mythic Los Angeles, embracing the city’s image without falling prey to it. The Urban Man casually intersperses deep insights with humor and humility, capturing the complexity of the author and his city." --Gregory Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times Columnist and Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

“For Marc Porter Zasada, living in Los Angeles is…like being in the audience at a play. You’re not there to shout at the players to change course so they don’t  fall deeper into the abyss the playwright has crafted for them. You’ve paid good money for those seats. So you put your cell on vibrate, laugh at the right moments and beat the crowd to the exit when its over.” –Orli Low, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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