The Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud: poet, surrealist, libertine and gun runner. In dazzling artwork, Nick Hayes follows Rimbaud from his youth in Ardennes to the poetry salons of Paris, from the absinthe-glazed passion of his relationship with Verlaine to his flight into the jungles of Indonesia and the deserts of Yemen and Egypt. Told entirely in Rimbaud's own words, from a new translation of Le bateau ivre, The Drunken Sailor confirms Nick Hayes' place as one of the most talented graphic novelists at work today.
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Magnificent illustrations... [Hayes] has done a wondrous job... his visual narrative has an intense, restless pace... here is a ribald beauty you find only rarely between two covers. -- Rachel Cooke * The Observer * At once phantasmagorical and bewitching... the best of his career so far. * Bookmunch * Hayes's green-filtered, stylised illustrations have a breathtaking punch to them. -- Teddy Jamieson * Herald Scotland * The Drunken Sailor is an Impressionist hymn to Rimbaud. But Hayes' song is greatly embellished with knowledge... You run the gamut when you read this book. * Bookmunch * A bewitching work from one of Britain's finest graphic novelists. -- James Smart * Guardian,**Books of the Year** *
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978-1-4735-2330-2 (9781473523302)
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Nick Hayes is an award-winning writer, illustrator and land justice campaigner. In 2020 he co-founded Right to Roam, the influential campaign group advocating for public access to nature in England. He is the author of, among others, the Sunday Times best-seller The Book of Trespass and co-editor of Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You. An acclaimed artist, he has published four graphic novels and exhibited across the country, including at the Hayward Gallery. He lives on a canal boat with no fixed address.
