{"product_id":"on-getting-off-by-damon-young-9781925849219","title":"On Getting Off","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe curious reader's companion to sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Samuel Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is screwing so funny?\u003cbr\u003e\nHow should we think about our most shocking fantasies?\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat is so captivating about nudity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explores the paradoxes of the bedroom. \u003cem\u003eOn Getting Off\u003c\/em\u003e will f\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ek with your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A beautiful piece of work. It's funny. It's human. It really does make you think about something that's either put on a pedestal or relegated to the toilet. A triumph.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Krissy Kneen, author of \u003cem\u003eTriptych\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Drawing on personal experience, literature, myth, art and philosophy, Young examines how the fragile tension crucial to sexual arousal is akin to a narrative, the way sex highlights the impossibility of knowing another's pleasure, and how nakedness offers not so much a revelation of someone's 'true self' as an invitation to learn more about that person.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Fiona Capp, \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Young has a deftness with language that lays out complex ideas with such beautifully written digestibility that you feel osmotically clever when you read them.'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000693276908,"sku":"9781925849219","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18817523482873.jpg?v=1763297920","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/on-getting-off-by-damon-young-9781925849219","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}