Kings in disguise
Call Number
- GRAPHIC NOVEL VANC (CEN)
Publication Information
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Physical Description
184 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm.
Summary
"This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now re-emerges as a classic. It is January 1932, and movie-loving Freddie Bloch is trading his father's liquor bottles for the cost of a matinee: 'Dreams were only a dime, but empty bottles [only] brought a penny apiece.' When his father disappears and his brother gets arrested, Freddie finds himself homeless and adrift, trying to survive during the Detroit labour riots and amid the furore of violent, anti-communist mobs. Winner of the Eisner Award and the Harvey Award for Best New Series and an additional Eisner Award for Best Single Issue."--Provided by publisher.