The Ghost Script: A Graphic Novel

by JulesFeiffer (Author), Jules Feiffer (Author), Jules Feiffer (Author)

New
Illustrated
2018
$23.18

Jules Feiffer delivers the tour de force of his illustrious career in this epic finale. In The Ghost Script, he plunges us into the blowzy, boozy world of Blacklist Hollywood, circa 1953: witch hunts, Reds, pinkos, starlets and a mysterious, orchid-growing mastermind, the renamed Cousin Joseph , running a back-channel clearing house for victims of the entertainment world's purge. Stumbling his way through this maze is private eye Archie Goldman, a tough-talking good guy, always a step or two behind, in this story of plots, counterplots and goon violence. In this satiric assault on America's past and present, Feiffer shows how the arc of history evolves from starry dreams to thwarted and sold-out dreams.

Synopsis

Jules Feiffer delivers the tour de force of his illustrious career in this epic finale. In The Ghost Script, he plunges us into the blowzy, boozy world of Blacklist Hollywood, circa 1953: witch hunts, Reds, pinkos, starlets and a mysterious, orchid-growing mastermind, the renamed Cousin Joseph , running a back-channel clearing house for victims of the entertainment world's purge. Stumbling his way through this maze is private eye Archie Goldman, a tough-talking good guy, always a step or two behind, in this story of plots, counterplots and goon violence. In this satiric assault on America's past and present, Feiffer shows how the arc of history evolves from starry dreams to thwarted and sold-out dreams.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 160
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Liveright
Published: 04 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 1631493132
ISBN 13: 9781631493133

Media Reviews

Feiffer is a master of sequential art and he takes us effortlessly on a story of betrayal and revenge with plenty of twists to the plot to keep the tempo fast moving and totally engrossing. The characters are created with both empathy and insight that ensures they keep our attention and the plot stays believable. -- Gnash Comics
Eighty-nine-year-old Jules Feiffer is a comics legend, and The Ghost Script proves that age is just a number when it comes to telling a compelling story... Feiffer's skill at juggling noir tropes with real-world Hollywood history is fascinating... he hits every twisted beat, enlists and skewers every stereotype, and employs his trademark drawing style to excellent effect - there's a fluidity to every character, a subtlety that proves you don't have to fill in every detail of a face and body to make the subject come alive on the page. -- Starburst

Author Bio

Jules Feiffer is a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, children's book author and illustrator, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches a humor-writing class at Stony Brook Southampton College and lives in East Hampton, New York.