Description
| Product ID: | 9780486803913 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Billy Budd, KGB |
| Authors: | Author: Jerome Charyn |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, Graphic novels |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Inspired by Melville''s novella, this graphic novel recounts an innocent youth''s recruitment by the Soviet secret service and his adventures in New York City as a spy. New English translation by Charyn. "Vivid and sensitive." ― Publishers Weekly. Suggested for mature readers. "One of the most important writers in American literature." — Michael Chabon"Charyn skillfully breathes life into historical icons." — The New Yorker"Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer — so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible." — Tom BissellInspired by Herman Melville''s novella, this graphic novel from the creators of The Magician''s Wife recounts a gifted and innocent young man''s recruitment by the Soviet secret service and his adventures in New York City as a spy. Publishers Weekly praised the tale as "vivid and sensitive" and the illustrations as "brilliant and meticulous." This edition boasts a new English translation by author Jerome Charyn and Introduction by Paul Pope (Batman: Year 100). Suggested for mature readers. |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-10-28 |
