This long-awaited new graphic novel from Daniel Clowes (
Ghost World
and
Patience
) is a genre-bending thriller from one of the most innovative storytellers of all time.
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Monica
is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, stories — of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists,
is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined the medium — war, romance, horror, crime, the supernatural, etc. — but in a mysterious, uncategorizable, and quintessentially Clowesian way that rewards multiple readings.
Five years in the making,
marks the apex of creativity from one of the defining voices of the graphic novel boom over the past quarter-century.