Gagman

Dov Fedler

ISBN 10: 1925842568 / ISBN 13: 9781925842562

Published by Owl's Nest Publishers, LLC Mär 2024, 2024

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Neuware - A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp discovers he can make the commandant laugh by telling jokes and so live another day. Gagman is propelled into a spiralling madness where he would sell his soul for a gag simply to live another day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gagman
• Publisher: Owl's Nest Publishers, LLC Mär 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925842568
• ISBN 13: 9781925842562
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

A prisoner in a WWII concentration camp discovers a superpower that could keep him alive - he can make the commandant laugh by telling jokes. Pushed to ends of his wit and humanity, Gagman is propelled into a spiralling madness in which he would sell his soul for a gag simply to live another day.

 

Evoking themes from The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Fedler weaves the story of a Faustian bargain brokered in hell, where redemption only comes in the form of a punchline. He must stay funny - or die.

 

Enhanced by Fedler's own haunting illustrations, Gagman masterfully juxtaposes humour and pathos, while exploring themes of survivor guilt, desperate determination and the search for the meaning of life in the wake of the Holocaust. Swapping his yellow star for a tattered comic book, Gagman roams the new world and our consciousness determined to find answers to the deepest questions about loss, hope and belonging.

 

Gagman is a touching and unique tale of survival through unimaginable horror.

 

'A compulsory addition to all Holocaust-related collections, Fedler's tour de force is a dazzling achievement.'

- Scott Whitmont

 

About the Authors

 

Dov Fedler, one of South Africa's legendary political cartoonists (now retired), has been working on this story for 35 years. His earliest dream was to work for Walt Disney but he ended up working for The Star newspaper as their cartoonist in the early 1970's instead, and had a career that spanned half a century. Gagman is his fourth book. His previous titles include his memoir, Out of Line, Tracey McDonald Publishers, (2015), If You Can Write, You Can Draw, Joanne Fedler Media (2018) and Starlite Memories, Tafelberg (2020).

 

Joanne Fedler is an internationally bestselling author of 14 books, speaker and publisher. She is Dov's writing mentor, editor and middle daughter. www.joannefedler.com

About the Author

Joanne Fedler is the internationally bestselling author of 14 books which have sold over 750 000 copies worldwide. She is a writing mentor, publisher and open water ocean swimmer. www.joannefedler.com