The Lonesome Go
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
This collection of stories is broadly linked together by the experience of wandering - both literally and figuratively. With compelling verisimilitude, the lives of his characters are depicted by way of rich mixtures of obscure myths and documented facts, dreams and reality, belief and disbelief, throughout a haunted landscape populated by the ghosts of a complex and rich fictional tapestry. You'll witness a young man's dubious quest to discover the myth of the protagonist from an obscure vintage comic strip; encounter sociopathic hobos in boxcars and misled young men whose facial pores sprout worms and who throw up babies into gas station toilets; visit modern Hoovervilles ; and experience the life and death of an undocumented immigrant bookstore doorman, former boxer, and expert hustler.
Contents:
In another life -- Spike -- Everybody hates a romantic -- In my dream -- Harley-Davidson WLA liberator -- Rough guide to techniques for freight train hopping -- Belligerent piano -- Author's note regarding... -- Motorcycle chapter -- Notes of a second class citizen -- The passenger -- Broken bottle -- Clown's disgrace -- Hitchhiker -- Dusty & me -- Then I ... -- Belly Gunner -- Aliiens among us! -- Echoes of the Cold War -- Episodic dreams -- Meat -- Welcome to Hopeville, USA -- Ghost of Eduardo.
ISBN:
9781606997543 (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GN COMICS Lonesome | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Graphic Novel | In |