Paying for It
The Film Edition
$45.95
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2024
Summary
The critically lauded memoir about being a john is now a major motion picture! Paying for It was the most talked-about and controversial graphic novel of 2011, a critical success so innovative and complex that it received two rave reviews in The New York Times.
Chester Brown’s eloquent, spare artwork stands out in this new paperback edition, tied to the release of the film adaptation co-written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee, Brown’s longtime friend and the director of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770467613 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770467610 |
| Author: | Chester Brown |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 190mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
‘Truly groundbreaking As convincing a case for the decriminalization and destigmatization of prostitution as anyone I ve ever come across in the prostitutes rights movement.’–Annie Sprinkle, The New York Times. ‘A sustained argument in favor of decriminalizing prostitution [that] will stick in your mind and perhaps in your craw. It s a real if squeamish-making work of art.’–Dwight Garner, The New York Times
About The Author
Chester Brown
Chester Brown was born in Montreal in 1960. He is the author of seven books and is best known for the non-fiction graphic novels Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography (2003) and Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir About Being a John (2011). In 2024, Brown created a Louis Riel stamp for Canada Post as part of a set honouring Canadian cartoonists. He lives in Toronto.
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