Discover the adventures of David Boring in this electrifying new graphic novel from the author of Ghost WorldDavid Boring is a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured inner life and an obsessive nature. When he meets the girl of his dreams,things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is,and what seems truest in Boring's life is that,given the right set of circumstances (in this case a sensational cascade of vengeance,humiliation and murder),the primal nature of mankind will come inexorably to the fore.'Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo,but with religious cults,fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater coupling'- Guardian
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780224063234Number of pages: 132Weight: 410 gDimensions: 260 x 195 x 8 mm
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Imagine a tilted comic-book homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo,but with religious cults,fetishistic scrapbooks and scenes of underwater couplingFor those interested in comic art's potential,Clowes'work offers exciting literary possibilities. Boring is anything butDaniel Clowes'underground comics are now a hipster must-have. Why Because his work is beautifully drawn with subtle,convincing storylines centred on everyday emotional weirdness
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