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Imprint: Jonathan Cape
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Published: 09/05/2013
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ISBN: 9780224096287
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Length: 240 Pages
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Dimensions: 304mm x 28mm x 218mm
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Weight: 1029g
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RRP: £20.00
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
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.)
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Imprint: Jonathan Cape
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Published: 09/05/2013
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ISBN: 9780224096287
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Length: 240 Pages
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Dimensions: 304mm x 28mm x 218mm
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Weight: 1029g
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RRP: £20.00
Reviews
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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
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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
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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
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Collins’ wonderful debut unfolds with slow and simple elegance through black-and-white panels.
James Smart, Guardian
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It reminds me of nothing so much as a Roald Dahl novel.
Alex Hern, New Statesman
