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Pentti and Deathgirl

Pentti and Deathgirl

by EmmaRendel (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $15.79
Synopsis

Emma Rendel is one of the most distinctive and original graphic artists at work today. She joins the Cape list with the extraordinary Pentti and Deathgirl, two strange tales in one beautiful volume. 'Pentti' is the story of two Finnish brothers, Juha and Pentti. When two men move in next to their farm, Pentti is convinced they must be gay. 'So what?' says Juha, but Pentti, full of drink and righteous anger, storms off into town looking for a fight. 'Deathgirl's Diary' tells of Deathgirl, lonely and friendless, talking only to her diary, where she confides her obsessions: stabbing, beheading, poisoning...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: 01
 Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 29 Jan 2009
ISBN 10: 0224085069
ISBN 13: 9780224085069
Book Overview: Two very strange and very beautiful graphic stories from Sweden.

Media Reviews
Something incredibly dark lurks behind Emma Rendel's jaunty characters and nimble artwork; something shrewdly and deftly captured. It's a brilliant read - sinister and amusing in equal measures -- Hannah Berry, author of Britten & Brulightly
There is a lovely black humour within the horror * www.bookbag.co.uk *
Author Bio
Emma Rendel was born in 1976 in Uppsala, Sweden. She studied illustration and graphic design at Central St Martin's and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art. She contributes to Galago, Hjelp and Le Gun, and her illustrations have been published in Icon magazine and Time Out. Her second book, The Vicar Woman, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012.