A BOOK TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH HC (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Verstraete, Lukas (A) Verstraete, Lukas
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
StockID: 86325 SKU: JUN231843

A dizzying- psychedelic and psychological journey of a man in search of himself- rendered in hyperenergetic- eye-popping colored pencils. Tick- tick- boom. Open the cover of this graphic novel to unleash a bombastic bomb blast of frenetic line work- a cacophony of vibrant color- and an action-packed narrative that whirls and swirls in all directions like the furious- roaring winds of a mushroom cloud. Enter the blast radius of this conflagration of imagination and experience how brilliantly its creative fires burn. A Book to Make Friends With marks the explosive English language debut of Flemish cartoonist Lukas Verstraete. What begins as a Pulp Fiction-inspired heist- in which two masked gangsters rob a passerby of his mysterious briefcase- soon snowballs into a psychedelic journey full of chase scenes- shapeshifting- soul possession- spiritual hallucinations- and unrequited romance. It all culminates in an epic- breathtakingly rendered battle between good and evil. At turns playful- philosophical- and kinetically riotous- you've never seen a graphic novel quite like this. Printed as an oversized hardcover edition encased in a luxurious slipcase- this book is as much a gorgeous aesthetic object as an engrossing work of fiction.

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