{"product_id":"9781926845517","title":"Psychology and Other Stories","description":"FINALIST FOR THE ETHEL WILSON FICTION PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE VICTORIA BUTLER BOOK PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“C.P. Boyko's second offering is brilliantly bold. Playful and dire and scholarly all at once, \u003ci\u003ePsychology\u003c\/i\u003e may well be the most audaciously original collection of Canadian fiction, ever. Mr. Mustard alone is worth the price of admission.”—Bill Gaston, author of \u003ci\u003eMount Appetite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Very revealing.”—Hubert T. Ross, PhD, PsyD, DPsy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychologists are people we admire and resent. At best, they’re compassionate detectives of the human soul, healers and diagnosticians, assessing the internal machinations that structure our lives and behavior. At worst, however, they’re smug, hyper-educated, bombastic, yappy, socially deaf, thrice-divorced and twice-separated spouse-swapping cat-torturing perverts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Plus, they’re all in this book. And so are their patients.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  C.P. Boyko’s \u003ci\u003ePsychology and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with analysts, attorneys, criminals, Freudians, wardens, and self-help gurus. From Dr. Pringle’s treatment-resisting young patient in “Reaction-Formation” to the philandering forensic psychiatrist of “The Blood-Brain Barrier,” \u003ci\u003ePsychology\u003c\/i\u003e is a droll dissection of industry archetypes—as well as a brilliant study of mental illness, mental health, and the people who try to tell them apart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154294522096,"sku":"9781926845517","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926845517_p0.jpg?v=1763637402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926845517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}