Home after dark. [graphic novel]
Home after dark. [graphic novel]
By
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Small, David, 1945-
Publication Date
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2018
Subject Term
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Comic books, strips, etc.
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Graphic novels.
Genre
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Historical fiction.
Summary
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Wildly kaleidoscopic and furiously cinematic, Home After Dark is a literary tour-de-force that renders the brutality of adolescence in the so-called nostalgic 1950s, evoking such classics as The Lord of the Flies. Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to sun-splashed California in search of a dream. Suddenly forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer and a ring of malicious boys who bully Russell for being "queer." Rescued from his booze-swilling father by Wen and Jian Mah, a Chinese immigrant couple who long for a child, Russell betrays their generosity by running away with their restaurant's proceeds. Told almost entirely through thousands of spliced images, once again "employ[ing] angled shots and silent montages worthy of Alfred Hitchcock" (Washington Post, on Stitches), Home After Dark becomes a new form of literature in this shocking graphic interpretation of cinema verite.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780771079320
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) Harmsworth | Adult Fic Graphic Novel | Adult Fiction Graphic Novel | FIC SMA | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic Graphic Novel | Adult Fiction Graphic Novel | FIC SMA | Checked In |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA) | Adult Fic Graphic Novel | Adult Fiction Graphic Novel | FIC SMA | Checked In |