Jimmy Corrigan
The Smartest Kid on Earth
$101.24
- Hardcover
380 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2001
Summary
The most ambitious, beautiful, moving ‘comic book’ ever produced - an astonishing tour de force that won the Guardian First Book Award 2001 and The American Book Award 2001.
Jimmy Corrigan has rightly been hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever to be published. It won the Guardian First Book Award 2001, the first graphic novel to win a major British literary prize.
It is the tragic autobiography of an office dogsbody in Chicago who one day meets the father who abandoned him…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224062107 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224062107 |
| Author: | Chris Ware |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2001 |
| Weight: | 1.13kg |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 172mm x 40mm |
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A bona fide masterpiece.
A mesmerising and heartbreaking tale of a heavily burdened and desperately unhappy individual, and the lasting influence of toxic family ties. * Evening Standard *A bona fide masterpiece. * Strong Words *
About The Author
Chris Ware
Chris Ware lives in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois. His books include Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, which won the Guardian First Book Award in 2001, Building Stories and most recently Monograph, which is part memoir, part retrospective of his career to date. He has won countless awards for his work and has been the subject of several museum exhibitions and scholarly monographs. His work appears regularly in the New Yorker.
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