{"product_id":"hugs-and-cuddles-joo-gilberto-noll-9781949641387","title":"Hugs and Cuddles","description":"\u003cb\u003eAfter abandoning his traditional life in a deteriorating Porto Alegre, the narrator of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eHugs and Cuddles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ezealously recommits himself to a man he calls \"the engineer\", a childhood friend with whom he shared a pivotal sexual encounter.\u003c\/b\u003e Many years have passed since their prepubescent wrestling; everywhere around them is a nation in decline. Representatives of the Brazilian state--everyone from government officials to the impoverished--endlessly harass passers-by for donations to \"the cause,\" even as a mysterious plague rages. Never mind that. Our insatiable narrator, driven to discover his true self through increasingly transgressive sexual urges, is on an epic journey through the shadows of this dysfunctional yet polite society.\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting novel is the late Jo縊 Gilberto Noll's most radical statement: A Book of Revelations-grade voyage to the end of gender and the outermost reaches of sexual and artistic expression. Nimbly translated from Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto, \u003ci\u003eHugs and Cuddles \u003c\/i\u003eis an unapologetically explicit fable of fluidity that takes readers from decaying city centers to the dark corridors of a mysterious submarine to a miserable hovel in the rainforest, where, at long last, our narrator finds peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jo縊 Gilberto Noll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949641384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949641387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2022","brand":"Jo縊 Gilberto Noll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076915884287,"sku":"9781949641387","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e62d566-54a0-4c19-acae-f1625c3e8406.jpg?v=1685467444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hugs-and-cuddles-joo-gilberto-noll-9781949641387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}