{"product_id":"sexology-9781628975024","title":"Sexology","description":"The tenth child of a fantasist mother and an absent millionaire, Matty Crickholme is growing\u003cbr\u003einto a sexually bewildered, neurotic young man. Through the collected paraphernalia of an\u003cbr\u003eunconventional childhood, Alex Kovacs creates a quirky, kaleidoscopic rumination on family and\u003cbr\u003ehow it shapes us--for better or worse.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSexology\u003c\/i\u003e follows the strange, wonderful, fluxional world of the Crickholmes, where\u003cbr\u003enonconformism is celebrated, siblings form autonomous republics, and eccentricity reigns\u003cbr\u003esupreme. The Crickholme siblings youthful exploits take them on myriad paths: a hermetic\u003cbr\u003epsychic, a dog trainer, an ice cream purveyoress, a missing person. Between memories, \u003cbr\u003efactoids, letters, and old photographs, Matty investigates how their offbeat rearing made them\u003cbr\u003ethe adults they became, and how fantasy and convention collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Kovacs's writings have received acclaim for their invention, wit, and astute observations of\u003cbr\u003eour absurd world. \u003ci\u003eSexology\u003c\/i\u003e brings this intellectual playfulness to the story of the Crickholmes\u003cbr\u003ewith a unique prose that evokes the complex emotional landscapes of W.G. Sebald's novels and\u003cbr\u003ethe sometimes-gentle, sometimes-devastating style of Susanna Clarke. The result is an\u003cbr\u003eentrancing, incomparable medley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628975024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330","brand":"Alex Kovacs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43251334348981,"sku":"9781628975024","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b8d5c321-d6a9-4ee2-8fa0-b581fca31a0d.jpg?v=1699370857","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sexology-9781628975024","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}