The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil (Hardback)
Stephen Collins (author)
£18.99
Hardback
240 Pages /
Published: 09/05/2013
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The job of the skin is to keep things in...
On the buttoned-down island of Here, all is well. By which we mean: orderly, neat, contained and, moreover, beardless.
Or at least it is until one famous day, when Dave, bald but for a single hair, finds himself assailed by a terrifying, unstoppable...monster*!
Where did it come from? How should the islanders deal with it? And what, most importantly, are they going to do with Dave?
The first book from a new leading light of UK comics, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is an off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl. It is about life, death and the meaning of beards.
(*We mean a gigantic beard, basically.)
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780224096287
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 1029 g
Dimensions: 304 x 218 x 28 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"It's part satire, part parable, part nursery rhyme and part disaster movie, and it's an utter joy to read." -- Tom Gatti * The Times *
"Clever, funny and beautiful to look at... A fairytale for adults that children will also adore, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is surely destined to become a classic." -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
"As splendiferous as its title... An inspired swirling of the mundane with the surreal, the plot may be simple but his satire on modern life is witty and thoughtful." -- Larushka Ivan-Zadeh * Metro *
"Collins' wonderful debut unfolds with slow and simple elegance through black-and-white panels." -- James Smart * Guardian *
"It reminds me of nothing so much as a Roald Dahl novel." -- Alex Hern * New Statesman *
"Clever, funny and beautiful to look at... A fairytale for adults that children will also adore, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is surely destined to become a classic." -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
"As splendiferous as its title... An inspired swirling of the mundane with the surreal, the plot may be simple but his satire on modern life is witty and thoughtful." -- Larushka Ivan-Zadeh * Metro *
"Collins' wonderful debut unfolds with slow and simple elegance through black-and-white panels." -- James Smart * Guardian *
"It reminds me of nothing so much as a Roald Dahl novel." -- Alex Hern * New Statesman *
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