{"product_id":"is-sex-necessary-james-thurber-9781684229970","title":"Is Sex Necessary?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA sparkling literary spoof first published in 1929, Is Sex Necessary? is a sly, subversive response to the surge of earnest psychoanalytic sex manuals that flooded the American market in the Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e. With mock-scholarly flair and deadpan absurdity, James Thurber and E. B. White dismantle the anxieties, theories, and taboos of modern romance-one ridiculous diagram at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comedic collaboration marked the literary debut of both men, launching Thurber's career as America's master of neurotic whimsy and showcasing White's quiet genius for prose. Accompanied by Thurber's charmingly awkward line drawings, the book is a pitch-perfect send-up of both high-minded intellectualism and the fraught terrain of love and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWickedly smart and delightfully inappropriate, \u003cem\u003eIs Sex Necessary?\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the great comic gems of American letters-an irreverent tonic for the overly serious and an affectionate jab at our deepest, silliest questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Thurber, E. B. White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684229979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684229970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"James Thurber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47203269640447,"sku":"9781684229970","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_232e6ac9-d8f4-4ff8-a75a-f55d87664289.jpg?v=1756834856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/is-sex-necessary-james-thurber-9781684229970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}