Sexology by Alex Kovacs Paperback Book 9781628975024

The tenth child of a fantasist mother and an absent millionaire Matty Crickholme is growingamp10into a sexually bewildered neurotic young man Through the collected paraphernalia of anamp10unconventional childhood Alex Kovacs creates a quirky kaleidoscopic rumination on family andamp10how it shapes usfor better or worseSexology follows the strange wonderful fluxional world of the Crickholmes whereamp10nonconformism is celebrated siblings form autonomous republics and eccentricity reignsamp10supreme The Crickholme siblings youthful exploits take them on myriad paths a hermeticamp10psychic a dog trainer an ice cream purveyoress a missing person Between memoriesamp10factoids letters and old photographs Matty investigates how their offbeat rearing made themamp10the adults they became and how fantasy and convention collideAlex Kovacss writings have received acclaim for their invention wit and astute observations ofamp10our absurd world Sexology brings this intellectual playfulness to the story of the Crickholmesamp10with a unique prose that evokes the complex emotional landscapes of WG Sebaldamp8217s novels andamp10the sometimesgentle sometimesdevastating style of Susanna Clarke The...