{"product_id":"9781628975024","title":"Sexology","description":"The tenth child of a fantasist mother and an absent millionaire, Matty Crickholme is growing\ninto a sexually bewildered, neurotic young man. Through the collected paraphernalia of an\nunconventional childhood, Alex Kovacs creates a quirky, kaleidoscopic rumination on family and\nhow it shapes us—for better or worse.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSexology\u003c\/i\u003e follows the strange, wonderful, fluxional world of the Crickholmes, where\nnonconformism is celebrated, siblings form autonomous republics, and eccentricity reigns\nsupreme. The Crickholme siblings youthful exploits take them on myriad paths: a hermetic\npsychic, a dog trainer, an ice cream purveyoress, a missing person. Between memories,\nfactoids, letters, and old photographs, Matty investigates how their offbeat rearing made them\nthe 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\nour absurd world. \u003ci\u003eSexology\u003c\/i\u003e brings this intellectual playfulness to the story of the Crickholmes\nwith a unique prose that evokes the complex emotional landscapes of W.G. Sebald’s novels and\nthe sometimes-gentle, sometimes-devastating style of Susanna Clarke. The result is an\nentrancing, incomparable medley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex Kovacs","offers":[{"title":"Deep Vellum |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-12-15","offer_id":44230051954943,"sku":"9781628975024","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_99c903dd-2ce2-4c17-8687-a403fa9fa9f1.jpg?v=1700682294","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781628975024","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}