Difficult Men : From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad

*UNCORRECTED PROOF* Just in case you're unfamiliar with what an Advance Uncorrected Proof is, allow me to inform you a bit about it -- and a few other related subjects... As a marketing tool, publishers provide free copies of new book titles to booksellers, stores, PR people, journalists and even celebrities. Such book-like objects are variously referred to as a reader edition, an advance copy, an advance reading copy, ARC, or ARE. It's a form of book privately released by its publisher before the book is printed for mass distribution. Usually, before any of the above releases happen, an object called an ADVANCED UNCORRECTED PROOF is released in a very limited distribution so that errors, typos, and the like can be caught and corrected before further publication proceeds. If a book is successful and does well upon final publication, or if it goes out-of-print early but develops a fan-base or cult following, an uncorrected proof can become a valuable prize for collectors. Part of the appeal is their scarcity, and the fact that they will sometimes have slightly different text from the final piece.