{"product_id":"the-good-pornographer-9780299355845","title":"The Good Pornographer","description":"Walace Weiss, a famous fantasy novelist struggling with drug addiction, sets himself on a twofold quest: to finish his first book in more than a decade and, like the immortal elves of his stories, to try to remember what, in his long life, he should not have forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While many have come to view Walace as a bad influence on children, literature, and himself, his impact sweeps across worlds both fantastic and real, resulting in the establishment of a new kingdom in his neglected McMansion, Summerheim. The result is a mock-epic in rehabilitation, starring such friends and enemies as Cal, Walace's dealer and private jester; Dragon, a porn star turned guidance counselor; Epiphany, a lunch lady and stripper in recovery; her son, Tuffy, planning everyone's funerals at age nine; Jackal, newly sober and in touch with his emotions for the first time; and Wolf, Walace's socially withdrawn twin brother and reluctant doppelgänger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brian Bouldrey piles on the laughs and absurdity alongside dollops of humanity and sobriety. With brilliant recklessness, he praises and pokes fun at genres, conventions, fandoms, and critics, offering a \u003ci\u003eDeadpool\u003c\/i\u003e-like exploration of an upside-down world filled with epic quests, epic mistakes, and epic characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBouldrey, Brian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Brian Bouldrey is a senior lecturer of English at Northwestern University. The recipient of a Lambda Literary Award, among other honors, he is the author of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eGood in Bed: A Life in Queer Sex, Politics, and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eInspired Journeys: Travel Writers in Search of the Muse\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published three previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Boom Economy\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52101695013138,"sku":"9780299355845","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a65381a7-6d53-406a-bc21-5899e95dc4c5.jpg?v=1773137667","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-pornographer-9780299355845","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}