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    • 978-1-03-835481-5
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    • 978-1-03-835479-2
    • 6.0 x 9.0 inches
    • Black & White interior
    • 234 pages
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    • 978-1-03-835480-8
    • 6.0 x 9.0 inches
    • Black & White interior
    • 234 pages
  • Keywords
    • Mathematical fiction,
    • Campus satire,
    • Absurdist fiction,
    • Experimental fiction,
    • Fictional footnotes,
    • Novels about academia,
    • Sex comedy

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Topology of Sexy Shoes
by Erik Talvila


A middle-aged mathematician meets a mysterious Gypsy in a bar. A nutty math whiz disappears from his home, leaving behind his cellphone and a series of cryptic notes. A jilted sessional lecturer flounders for solid ground—no small feat now that her drug supplier has gone AWOL. From quantum theory to foot fetishes, Topology of Sexy Shoes features great minds consumed by lofty (and not-so-lofty) obsessions. Follow Jeff Orange, Elaine Plum, and other tortured souls on a juicy, bittersweet romp through the halls of Invigus University. Just don’t forget to wear closed toe shoes.


Erik Talvila is Professor Emeritus at University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He has published several short stories and enjoys merging the worlds of words and mathematics in his fiction. When he’s not writing, he can be found hiking and running in his home of Coquitlam, British Columbia.


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