Stephen "Steve-O" Glover—social media icon, comedy-touring stalwart, and star of Jackass—delivers a hilarious and practical guide to recovery, relationships, career, and how to keep thriving long after you should be dead. Steve-O is best known for his wildly dangerous, foolish, painful, embarrassing, and sometimes death-defying stunts. At age 48, however, he faces his greatest challenge yet: getting older. A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions is a captivating exploration of life and how to live it by an individual who has already lived way more than a lifetime’s worth of extreme experiences. Steve-O grapples with the right balance between maturity and staying true to yourself, not repeating your “greatest hits,” maintaining sobriety and a healthy regimen, avoiding selfishness, and finding the right partner for life. Having built a gargantuan and loyal social media following while establishing a successful stand-up career—all after a couple of decades of dubious behavior—Steve-O is proof that anyone can find meaning and fulfillment in life, no matter what path they choose. Packed with self-deprecating wit and gruelingly earned wisdom, A Hard Kick in the Nuts will reverberate with readers everywhere who have lived a lot (sometimes too much) and are now wondering how to approach the years to come. Or maybe just need some good motivation to get out of bed tomorrow. One of many tips: Be your own harshest critic, then cut yourself a break, and enjoy this book.

スティーヴォーが体現してきた過激な「痛み」の遍歴は、本作において深遠な自己省察へと昇華されています。かつての自滅的な狂気を否定せず、全ての愚行を血肉として受け入れた先に待つ、圧倒的な生への肯定。老いや衰えという現実に泥臭く対峙する彼の姿には、単なる回顧録を超えた、魂の脱皮とも言える崇高な哲学が宿っています。 容赦ない自己批判と寛容さが同居する彼の言葉は、読者の傷跡をも肯定する情熱的なエールとなります。絶望から再生し、誠実な知恵を掴み取った男の言葉は、閉塞した現代を生き抜くための最強の処方箋。この一冊は、不器用ながらも前を向こうとする全ての人々の心を、熱く、激しく震わせるはずです。