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Spent: A Comic Novel
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In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?
Meanwhile, Alison’s first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. It’s a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdel’s beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For).
As the TV show Death and TaxidermyDeath and Taxidermy racks up Emmy after Emmy—and when Alison’s Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral—Alison’s own envy spirals. Why couldn’t she she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show…like Queer EyeQueer Eye...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?
SpentSpent’s rollicking and masterful denouement—making the case for seizing what’s true about life in the world at this moment, before it’s too late—once again proves that “nobody does it better” (New York Times Book ReviewNew York Times Book Review) than the real Alison Bechdel.
Meanwhile, Alison’s first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. It’s a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdel’s beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch Out For).
As the TV show Death and TaxidermyDeath and Taxidermy racks up Emmy after Emmy—and when Alison’s Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral—Alison’s own envy spirals. Why couldn’t she she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show…like Queer EyeQueer Eye...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?
SpentSpent’s rollicking and masterful denouement—making the case for seizing what’s true about life in the world at this moment, before it’s too late—once again proves that “nobody does it better” (New York Times Book ReviewNew York Times Book Review) than the real Alison Bechdel.
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“I was raised on Alison bechdels work so this was fun and nostalgic for. It was a quick read.”
“not good not bad, but i liked the art style!”
“Shoutout queer stories! I really enjoyed this book and maybe I too want to become a goat cultivator. I find Alison's character to be relatable!”
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