English author and journalist Mark Simpson is credited/blamed for ‘fathering’ the metrosexual in 1994, predicting with terrifying accuracy, that the future belonged to the male desire to be desired. He is the author of several critically-acclaimed books. “SIMPSON WRITES WITH ENOUGH PANACHE TO MAKE MOST OF HIS PEERS TOSS THEIR LAPTOPS INTO THE WASTE DISPOSAL AND WEEP” – Independent on Sunday “THE GAY ANTI-CHRIST” – Vogue “I ALMOST HATE TO AGREE WITH ANYTHING HE SAYS” – LRB “AN AMUSED, DETACHED VOLTAIRE” – Independent on Sunday “ERUDITE, INCISIVE, SASSY… FRESH, HILARIOUS” – Publishers Weekly “ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST WRITERS AROUND” – Time Out “BRILLIANTLY BUCCANEERING” – Spectator “SERIOUSLY FUNNY” – Scotland On Sunday