Tucker Max is a self-proclaimed "asshole," and it's this quality that has made him famous.
Max, a New York Times-bestselling author, held a book signing at the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house yesterday as part of a promotional book tour of college campuses nationwide.
His unabashed tales of sex, alcohol and debauchery have won him a loyal following, first through his Web site and now via his book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, which was released last month.
Although Max didn't give a talk or read from his book, he gave out autographs and posed for pictures with those in attendance.
Max's book is a collection of short stories, some of which are already on his Web site.
His personal favorite is one of his misadventures on a roadtrip to Austin, Texas, with his Duke Law School friends.
However, Max is best known for a short story entitled "The (almost banned) Miss Vermont Story," which explicitly recounts the tale of his sexual encounters with a former beauty queen.
The story resulted in a highly publicized lawsuit, which was later dropped.
Many of Max's local fans attended the book-signing.
"Tucker Max is brilliant and his stories are hilarious, and I've read all of them and I'm really excited that he's doing this," Wharton sophomore Greg Warshaw said.
"I aspire to be like him," Engineering sophomore Andrew Haberman said.
Max had some words of wisdom for potential imitators.
"If I'm giving advice to a guy, let's say a 20-year-old guy who wants to get girls or be like me, the piece of advice is the same: You can't ever be like me, so don't try," Max said. "The best thing you can do is be the best version of yourself possible."
Nonetheless, Max offered a few tips for picking up women.
"If there was one thing that I would say, it would be to tell dudes to be honest with girls," he said. "Most guys think that they have to lie and be deceitful or manipulative, and I thought that too when I was 20, but I was totally wrong."
But students were interested in more than Max's outrageous antics.
"He's an author, he went to the University of Chicago for undergrad. He's a very successful person in doing what he does," Wharton junior and SAM President Rick Fox said. "Most people that engage in his behavior wouldn't be successful, but that's what's interesting about him."
