{"product_id":"spent-a-comic-novel-9780063278929","title":"Spent: A Comic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe celebrated and beloved \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of the modern classic \u003cem\u003eFun Home \u003c\/em\u003epresents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, 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 \u003cem\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the TV show \u003cem\u003eDeath and Taxidermy\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eshe \u003c\/em\u003ebe the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show...like \u003cem\u003eQueer Eye\u003c\/em\u003e...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpent\u003c\/em\u003e'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\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e) than the real Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBechdel, Alison:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Bechdel's \u003c\/strong\u003ecult following for her early comic strip \u003cem\u003eDykes to Watch Out For \u003c\/em\u003eexpanded wildly for her family memoirs, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine #1 Book of the Year graphic memoir \u003cem\u003eFun Home, \u003c\/em\u003e adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical, and \u003cem\u003eAre You My Mother? \u003c\/em\u003eMost recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret to Superman Strength \u003c\/em\u003ewas named a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Graphic Novel of 2021. Bechdel has been named a MacArthur Fellow, among many other honors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276897321234,"sku":"9780063278929","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df6781be-2eb7-4528-a797-fb6d825d115d.jpg?v=1747145058","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spent-a-comic-novel-9780063278929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}