{"product_id":"black-hole-a-graphic-novel-9780375423802","title":"Black Hole: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The best graphic novel of the year\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) tells the story of a strange plague devastating the lives of teenagers in mid-1970s suburban Seattle, revealing the horrifying nature of high school alienation--the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety, and the ennui. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways--from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable)--but once you've got it, that's it. There's no turning back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs we inhabit the heads of several key characters--some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it--what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then the murders start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it--back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.92w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375423802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2005 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2005 pg. 765\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2005 pg. 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2005 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/30\/2005 pg. 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES BURNS grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. His work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eRaw\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in the mid-1980s and took off from there, in an extraordinary range of comics and projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to the latest ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the set for Mark Morris's delightful restaging of \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker \u003c\/i\u003e(renamed \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Nut\u003c\/i\u003e) at BAM. He's illustrated covers for \u003ci\u003eTime, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003e He was also tapped as the official cover artist for \u003ci\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/i\u003emagazine at its inception in 2003. Burns lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Charles Burns \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897116147869,"sku":"9780375423802","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f012a883-772e-4900-8192-2d52eaf583e0.jpg?v=1778002191","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/black-hole-a-graphic-novel-9780375423802","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}