{"product_id":"the-good-pornographer-paperback-softback-9780299355845","title":"The Good Pornographer (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299355845","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Good Pornographer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian Bouldrey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299355845\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 April 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Bouldrey effortlessly shifts focus among all the assorted personalities. Digressive yet gloriously character-driven, this eccentric narrative will keep the reader's head spinning.\" (Publishers Weekly) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hilariously chaotic, with a wonderful panoply of characters. This novel combines the wild inventiveness of \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, the brilliant characterizations of the meth-head Ratliffs in \u003ci\u003eThe Little Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, and the sharp humor and sharper truths at the heart of the Patrick Melrose trilogy. Tumultuous and compulsively readable, with a big and bittersweet heart, it will soon join these books as one of the premier novels about addiction.” - Naeem Murr, author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Exit Brings You Home\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This brilliant novel of addiction, recovery, and found family matches passages of hilarious wit with moments of piercing sadness—a wise, wild, and utterly beguiling tale, full to brimming with unforgettable characters.” - Dan Chaon, author of \u003ci\u003eOne of Us\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bouldrey’s \u003ci\u003eThe Good Pornographer\u003c\/i\u003e is the only drug you can smoke, snort, huff, drink, or otherwise consume without the least fear of being visited by the grim specter of death, the crushing menace of shame, or the Purgatorial ennui of rehab. Bouldrey has created here a high you’ll never want to come down from, and, thankfully, you don’t need to.” - Andrew Farkas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Indoorsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Good Pornographer\u003c\/i\u003e is showy and knowing, unexpectedly tender and hilariously rude, pinballing between tones, characters, and genres with a velocity that is thrillingly original.” - Patrick McGinty, author of \u003ci\u003eTown College City Road \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The deceptively titled \u003ci\u003eThe Good Pornographer\u003c\/i\u003e morphs from being a comedy about campus life and the cliches of fantasy writing into being a deeply moving novel about people wounded by addiction and the limits of love. Bouldrey is a genius, all right, not only of desire, but also its heartbreaking aftermath.” - Rebecca Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Tell the Stories You Need to Believe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This epic novel—part naughty Tolkien, part Denis Johnson, and set in an eccentric, decrepit mansion worthy of the most beloved gothic novels—is about more than the comforts of fantasy; it’s about how fantasy can enable us to build real relationships. It’s also about addiction and how you can’t compel people to change, but you can give them a warm bed and an unwavering dedication to recognizing their full humanity, which sometimes can do quite a lot. Bouldrey has written a treasure, cast with fascinating characters and delightful metafictional characters, be they elf, dwarf, or sasquatch. I loved spending time in these pages.\" - Mary South, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Will Never Be Forgotten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWalace 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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, leading to his establishing 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brian Bouldrey piles on the laughs and absurdity alongside dollops of humanity. 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook I. The Sorrow of the Elves \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Here Comes the Sun King \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. New Life \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Patience Is a Virtue \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Sorrow of the Elves \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. A Hero’\u003cbr\u003es Welcome \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. A Hero’\u003cbr\u003es Quest \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Always Darkest Before the Dawn \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Slaying the Dragon \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Our Hero at Rest \u003cbr\u003e Book II. The Truculence of the Dwarves \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A Hero’\u003cbr\u003es Death \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Truculence of the Dwarves \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. His Name Is His Curse \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. His Name Is His Vow \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. His Name Is His Home \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. His Name Is His Tribe \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. His Name Is His Trothplight \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. His Name Is Mud \u003cbr\u003e Book III. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Sasquatch \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Cryptozoology \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Lost Duchy of Free Sasquatch \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. In the Garden of the Bigfoot Suicides \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Founding of the Nation of New Sasquatch \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Klonopin Eats Darkness but Time, Ever Always, Passes \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Godboxer and the Invention of “\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The House That Bigfoot Built \u003cbr\u003e Book IV. The Twilight of the Fauns \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Prelude to a Twilight After the Afternoon of a Faun \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Twilight After the Afternoon of a Faun \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Actual Afternoon of a Faun Everybody Keeps Talking About \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Rummage Sale of a Faun \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Twilight After the Rummage Sale of a Faun \u003cbr\u003e Book V. Sanctimony the Cat’\u003cbr\u003es New Fables for Now \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Chick, the Duck, and the Dog \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. 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