The Book Tour - BookWyrm.it

272, pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 17 Febbraio 2020 da Top Shelf Productions.

ISBN:: 978-1-60309-479-5
Numero OCLC:: 1141972299

A page-turning, Kafkaesque dark comedy in brilliant retro style, this graphic novel watches one man try to keep it together while everything falls apart.

Upon the publication of his latest novel, G. H. Fretwell, a minor English writer, embarks on a book tour to promote it. Nothing is going according to plan, and his trip gradually turns into a nightmare. But now the police want to ask him some questions about a mysterious disappearance, and it seems that Fretwell's troubles are only just beginning...

In his first book for adults in many years, acclaimed cartoonist Andi Watson evokes all the anxieties felt by every writer and compresses them into a comedic gem of a book. Witty, surreal, and sharply observant, The Book Tour offers a captivating lesson in letting go.

A page-turning, Kafkaesque dark comedy in brilliant retro style, this graphic novel watches one man try to keep it together while everything falls apart.

Upon the publication of his latest novel, G. H. Fretwell, a minor English writer, embarks on a book tour to promote it. Nothing is going according to plan, and his trip gradually turns into a nightmare. But now the police want to ask him some questions about a mysterious disappearance, and it seems that Fretwell's troubles are only just beginning...

In his first book for adults in many years, acclaimed cartoonist Andi Watson evokes all the anxieties felt by every writer and compresses them into a comedic gem of a book. Witty, surreal, and sharply observant, The Book Tour offers a captivating lesson in letting go.

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harisont ha recensito The Book Tour di Andi Watson

I should have known better with a book like this

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Despite its inviting art style, I can't say I had fun reading this - as the pretentious call this kind of comic books - "graphic novel". I was compelled by the adjective "Kafkaesque" on the back cover, but I should have learned from previous experience that, if I really want to enjoy something Kafkaesque, I should go back to The Castle or The Trial. There's nothing quite like them. Plus, British humor is very foreign to me most of the time, and this was not one of the times it wasn't.