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Shortcomings

Shortcomings

by Adrian Tomine (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

    $10.63
Synopsis

When Miko moves temporarily to live and study in New York she leaves behind Ben, a confused, obsessive, 30-year-old theatre manager who finds himself desperately trying to answer the big questions. But aided only by his promiscuous friend Alice, and spending increasing time with his new employee Autumn, things only seem to get more confusing. Does he know what he wants? Is he everything Miko accuses him of? Should he follow her to New York? A painful, charming and stunningly illustrated book, Shortcomings is one of the most brilliantly subtle, witty and moving graphic novels around.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 140
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 20 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 0571233295
ISBN 13: 9780571233298
Book Overview: 'Tomine has both talent and a writer's eye for the truth.' Nick Hornby

Media Reviews
Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and individuality. -- Charles McGrath, The New York Times Magazine
[ Shortcomings ] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka, who struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while secretly lusting after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat despicable, and yet Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is, effortlessly spins him into a Gen-X hero. -- Entertainment Weekly
Adrian Tomine . . . may be the best prose writer of the bunch. His young people, falling in and out of relationships, paralyzed by shyness and self-consciousness, take on a certain dignity and individuality. --Charles McGrath, The New York Times Magazine
[ Shortcomings ] follows moody movie-theater owner Ben Tanaka, who struggles to hang on to his Asian girlfriend while secretly lusting after white ladies. He's sad and somewhat despicable, and yet Tomine, being the understated virtuoso he is, effortlessly spins him into a Gen-X hero. -- Entertainment Weekly
Meticulously observed . . . Pitch-perfect and succinct. [Tomine] is an invisible reporter, a scientist of the heart. - The New York Times Book Review
Exploring race, adulthood, and ambition with exquisitely tuned humor and poignancy, Shortcomings is a graphic narrative as piercingly realistic as any prose fiction. A - Entertainment Weekly
Tomine's lacerating falling-out-of-love story is an irresistible gem of a graphic novel. -Junot Diaz, Publishers Weekly
Shortcomings is Tomine's richest and most rewarding read, packed with the most human characters he has ever created. - Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
One of the most masterful cartoonists of his generation . . . [ Shortcomings is] equal parts poignant, hilarious, and sad. - The Village Voice
Meticulously observed . . . Pitch-perfect and succinct. [Tomine] is an invisible reporter, a scientist of the heart. -- The New York Times Book Review

Exploring race, adulthood, and ambition with exquisitely tuned humor and poignancy, Shortcomings is a graphic narrative as piercingly realistic as any prose fiction. A -- Entertainment Weekly

Tomine's lacerating falling-out-of-love story is an irresistible gem of a graphic novel. --Junot Diaz, Publishers Weekly

Shortcomings is Tomine's richest and most rewarding read, packed with the most human characters he has ever created. -- Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)

One of the most masterful cartoonists of his generation . . . [ Shortcomings is] equal parts poignant, hilarious, and sad. -- The Village Voice
Author Bio
Adrian Tomine is the cartoonist of the acclaimed series Optic Nerve, collected into Summer Blonde and Sleepwalk by Drawn & Quarterly, and publishing in the UK by Faber in 2008. His work has recently appeared in McSweeney's and he also works as an illustrator for the New Yorker.