Part provocateur, part seducer, this young gay man’s account of life offers one of the freshest takes on Australia and the world today.Honouring poets of the past – Jean Genet, Veronica Franco, Euripedes, Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Wilde – and joining in their task of finding meaning in existence and the modern world, Tolcher has produced a brazenly honest debut without precedent.Through his writing he subverts his own shame, weaponises it, and positions himself as an anti-h...

The famous author Honoré de Balzac used to say after sex “there goes another novel!”Taking it literally, J. M. Tolcher sets out to write an entire book without ejaculating—an experiment in sublimation, desire, and control.In just over a month, he attempts to channel his libido into art, diving into the ancient alchemical process—nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, rubedo—in a relentless search for meaning.But what begins as a test of discipline becomes something far more d...

Part provocateur, part seducer, this young gay man’s account of life offers one of the freshest takes on Australia and the world today.Honouring poets of the past – Jean Genet, Veronica Franco, Euripedes, Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Wilde – and joining in their task of finding meaning in existence and the modern world, Tolcher has produced a brazenly honest debut without precedent.Through his writing he subverts his own shame, weaponises it, and positions himself as an anti-h...

The famous author Honoré de Balzac used to say after sex “there goes another novel!”Taking it literally, J. M. Tolcher sets out to write an entire book without ejaculating—an experiment in sublimation, desire, and control.In just over a month, he attempts to channel his libido into art, diving into the ancient alchemical process—nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, rubedo—in a relentless search for meaning.But what begins as a test of discipline becomes something far more d...