Intelligent and witty fiction that, while it demonstrates intimate knowledge of psychological practice and the history of psychoanalysis, is never dry or doctrinaire Wide-ranging cast of characters with masterfully-written dialogue Has a teasing affection for psychoanalysis, much like Woody Allen (though darker) Taps popular interest in diagnosis and psychological abnormality (i.e. In Treatment, House) Boyko has been nominated for the Journey Prize five times (prestigious Canadian prize for short fiction) Much fiction that is said to be "psychoanalytical" will center on characters whose behaviour is a demonstration of or comment upon Freudian principles. Psychology and Other Stories is by comparison post-pscyhoanalytic: its characters explore and discuss the terms of psychoanalysis as often as they demonstrate them (again, c.f. Woody Allen)