{"product_id":"the-good-pornographer-brian-bouldrey-9780299355845","title":"The Good Pornographer","description":"Walace 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, resulting in the establishment of 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at age nine; Jackal, newly sober and in touch with his emotions for the first time; and Wolf, Walace's socially withdrawn twin brother and reluctant doppelgänger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brian Bouldrey piles on the laughs and absurdity alongside dollops of humanity and sobriety. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Bouldrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299355845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299355845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Brian Bouldrey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474474680575,"sku":"9780299355845","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7facbdf5-2dbd-41c3-9652-74f2b34b1055.jpg?v=1762316980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-good-pornographer-brian-bouldrey-9780299355845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}