{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Kovacs\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1982. \u003ci\u003eThe Currency of Paper\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He has studied at the University of Edinburgh and at Goldsmiths, University of London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50508915933458,"sku":"9781628975024","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_110d97e3-e36a-4184-932e-82bd2020be14.jpg?v=1730882366","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sexology-9781628975024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}