The Lonesome Go - Softcover

Lane, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606997548 ISBN 13: 9781606997543

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2014

Synopsis

Tim Lane continues his exploration of the Great American Mythological Drama that began with his first book, the critically acclaimed Abandoned Cars. This collection of comics stories is broadly linked together by the experience of wandering ― both literally and figuratively. With compelling verisimilitude, the lives of his characters are depicted by way of rich mixtures of obscure myths and documented facts, dreams and reality, belief and disbelief, throughout a haunted landscape populated by the ghosts of a complex and rich fictional tapestry. You’ll witness a young man’s dubious quest to discover the myth of the protagonist from an obscure vintage comic strip; encounter sociopathic hobos in boxcars and misled young men whose facial pores sprout worms and who throw up babies into gas station toilets; visit modern “Hoovervilles”; and experience the life and death of an undocumented immigrant bookstore doorman, former boxer, and expert hustler.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Lane lives in St. Louis, MO, with his wife and daughter.

From the Back Cover

Tim Lane (Abandoned Cars) presents a collection of stories where the lives of his Edward Hopper-esque characters are a rich mix of myth and fact, dreams and reality, belief and disbelief. A sociopathic boxcar hobo, a young man who sprouts worms from his face, an undocumented immigrant bookstore doorman, a former boxer and an expert hustler all populate a haunted landscape of broken dreams. Grotesque and beautiful, these are stories that will follow you like a shadow long after you have put

Edition details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606997548
• ISBN 13: 9781606997543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220