{"product_id":"couch-tag-jesse-reklaw-9781606996768","title":"Couch Tag","description":"Veteran alternative cartoonist Jesse Reklaw, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip \u003cem\u003eSlow Wave\u003c\/em\u003e, delivers this tragicomic graphic memoir, his first long-form work. Presented as a series of comic novellas that together comprise a thoughtful, sometimes dark and often hilarious memoir about childhood, family, death, mental illness, sex and drug use, the entire book is told through cleverly inviting conceits like cat histories and card games. The graphic novel is told in five parts: In \"Thirteen Cats\" (featured in \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Comics\u003c\/em\u003e), Reklaw discovers coping mechanisms that mimic his family pets; \"Toys I Love\" relates the author's pre-pubescent brushes with deviant sexual activity, and the way innocence converges with real sexual trauma; \"The Fred Robinson Story\" tells the story of Reklaw's period stalking perfect strangers; \"The Stacked Deck,\" in which hereditary influences towards criminal behavior, drug use and depression are explored via card games the author played with his family; and \"Lessoned,\" a family history of mental illness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Reklaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606996762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606996768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.31w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2013 pg. 54","brand":"Jesse Reklaw","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938704195839,"sku":"9781606996768","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5475a9ff-7af5-400a-b034-7142c3ee4a8f.jpg?v=1681437250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/couch-tag-jesse-reklaw-9781606996768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}