{"product_id":"koestenbaum-wayne-my-lover-the-rabbi","title":"Koestenbaum, Wayne - My Lover, the Rabbi","description":"A psychosexual relationship between a rabbi and the\nman devoted to him goes off the rails in this explosive\nnovel, marking the first major UK publication of a cult\nwriter.\nTo the untrained eye, the rabbi is far from desirable. He is lofty and unkempt,\nhe is ageing and his congregation is ever diminishing. But to one man, he is\nthe object of obsession.\nOur narrator adores the rabbi and worships the universe between his legs. But\nso too does he bristle at being relegated to the peripheries of the rabbi's life.\nWhen they're apart, he manically contemplates every element of the rabbi's\nbeing: his absent husband; his first (and only) wife and child, both now deceased;\nhis unstable, yet alluring, adopted son. Until, in a bid to help sustain\ntheir relationship, our narrator embarks on an increasingly urgent quest to better\nunderstand his mercurial lover - one which threatens to upturn the lives of\nboth men.\nLavish and lascivious, My Lover, the Rabbi is an exuberant exploration of devotion\nand desire, as well as a careening Catherine wheel of a novel about\nqueer family-making, one which is attuned to the mysterious constellations\nand patterns that shape our lives.","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50907751874838,"sku":"RMX-59977","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/b6975e56defe06dcc44df92a1337684a.png?v=1767708411","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/koestenbaum-wayne-my-lover-the-rabbi","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}