Revenge of the Librarians
$51.96
- Hardcover
180 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2022
Summary
Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist’s signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking jabs at Jane Eyre and Game of Thrones.
Some particularly favoured targets include the pretentious procrastinating novelist, the commercial mercenary of the dispassionate editor, the willful obscurantism of the vainglorious poet. Quake i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770466166 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770466169 |
| Author: | Tom Gauld |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 241mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
“This will be a hit with anyone who has a deep love of the written word.” —Library Journal
“A true treat for readers.” —Cat Auer, AV Club
“Absolute brilliance.” —Mike Donachie, Toronto Star
“Dryly witty and slyly brilliant.” —Patrick Rapa, The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A book that is so perfectly suited to be given as a gift to a librarian, writer, or book lover in your life.” —Matt Baume, The Stranger
“Gauld finds a rich vein of comedy related to the written word.” —Erik Pedersen, The Southern California Newsgroup
“His world of teetering book towers and solitary beings hunched over writing desks is comforting and reassuring.” —Dmitry Samarov, Vol. 1 Brooklyn
“Tom Gauld’s hilariously funny Revenge of the Librarians deserves the accolade[s] and more hurrahs for comic acuity.” —Steven Heller, Print Magazine
Tom Gauld
Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He has weekly comic strips in The Guardian and New Scientist, and his comics have been published in The New York Times, The Believer, and on the cover of The New Yorker. In addition to his graphic novels Baking with Kafka, Goliath, Mooncop, and You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, he has designed a number of book covers. Gauld lives and works in London.
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