Jar of Fools
A Picture Story
Published on 1. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-571-23697-8 (ISBN)
Description
Haunted by a failed romance and the death of his escape-artist brother, Ernie Weiss is a washed-up stage magician whose remaining hope lies in his ageing mentor, Al Fosso. But Al is slipping further into senility with each passing day. Meanwhile, Esther O'Dea, Ernie's ex-love, struggles to find peace in her own life, and then a con-man named Nathan Lender sets some mysterious plans in motion that will affect the futures of them all. Fascinating and tragicomic, Jar of Fools is a classic of its genre.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
365 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-23697-8 (9780571236978)
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Person
Jason Lutes was born in New Jersey in 1967. He worked at Fantagraphics Books in Seattle before publishing his first graphic novel, Jar of Fools. His current project Berlin: City of Stones, about the city and its people between the wars, is currently being published in serial form before being collected into a single edition book.