Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
MAN AT HIS BEST
The Clever Retort
October
1
1991
JOHN BERENDT
The Clever Retort
JOHN BERENDT
October
1
1991
View Article Pages
MAN AT HIS BEST
The Clever Retort
October
1
1991
JOHN BERENDT
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
HOLLYWOOD
Jeff Bridges
October
1991
By
TIM CAHILL
BATTLE HYMN
My Last War
October
1991
By
PHILIP CAPUTO
POLITICS
October Surprise
October
1991
By
CRAIG UNGER
MEN GONE MAD
Inward, Ho!
October
1991
By
DOUG STANTON
WOMEN ON MEN
Pigs, Dudes, Slimeballs, Victims, Studs, Wimps, Girl Toys, Fools, Heroes, Human Beings?
October
1991
MEN GONE MYTHIC
Robert Bly, Wild Thing
October
1991
By
CHARLES GAINES
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
HOLLYWOOD
Jeff Bridges
October
1991
By
TIM CAHILL
BATTLE HYMN
My Last War
October
1991
By
PHILIP CAPUTO
POLITICS
October Surprise
October
1991
By
CRAIG UNGER
JOHN BERENDT
Man at His Best
The Seersucker Suit
AUGUST 1982
By
John Berendt
CLASSICS
Briefs
JULY 1984
By
John Berendt
The Fair Isle Sweater
The Fair Isle Sweater
MARCH 1987
By
John Berendt
MAN AT HIS BEST
Man at His Best
Pop-up Sex
JANUARY 1985
Man at His Best
Rough Rider
MAY 1993
Man at His Best
The 9 Most Remarkable Things in Culture This Month
July 2003
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published