Author:Simone Lia
Simone Lia's Fluffy is one of the best-loved books on the Cape graphic novel list. As her new book opens we find her in Leicester Square. She's just been dumped by her boyfriend and she's talking to God, telling Him that she's nearly thirty-four and if He wants her to get married He'd better get a move on. Amazingly, God sends a reply, prompting Simone to plan an 'Adventure with God' that starts with a fortnight in a nunnery, then takes her to Australia in search of a hermit. The one she finds proves a disappointment, unlike Brett, the handsome horseman who takes her riding. She thinks he looks just like Crocodile Dundee; he thinks she looks just like Penelope Cruz. Is this the man she's been searching for, or is God making fun of her?
Funny, touching and even occasionally profound, Please God Find Me a Husband! will be essential reading for spinsters, seekers after enlightenment and lovers of the very best graphic novels.
Hugely entertaining…the comic book equivalent of getting pleasantly squiffy on communion wine (or so I imagine)
—— Teddy Jamieson , HeraldPlease God, Find Me a Husband! explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and appealing to a wide audience of all faiths and none.
—— Third WayPlease God Find Me A Husband! Published by Jonathan Cape is an autobiographical…
—— Irish PostPlease God Find Me a Husband! Explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and appealing to a wide audience of all faiths and none
—— Sarah Dean , Third WayThis book is more fun than most holidays and more enlightening than a hundred blogs by self-appointed experience censors
—— Time OutA tour de force to rival Maus
—— The TimesAn adult and difficult story but [accompanied by] very simple black and white illustrations, comic book style, and it is exceptionally powerful...show the amazing power and depth that can come from a literary story shown through words and images
—— Ink PelletThe magic of Marjane Satrapi's work is that it can condense a whole country's tragedy into one poignant, funny scene after another.
—— Natasha Walter , Independent on SundayPersepolis is a stylish, clever and moving weapon of mass destruction.
—— David Jenkins , Sunday TelegraphMarjane Satrapi's books are a revelation. They're funny, they're sad, they're hugely readable. Most importantly, they remind you that the media sometimes tell you the facts but rarely tell you the truth. In one afternoon Persepolis will teach you more about Iran, about being an outsider, about being human, than you could learn from a thousand hours of television documentaries and newspaper articles. And you will remember it for a very long time.
—— Mark HaddonI cannot praise enough Marjane Satrapi's moving account of growing up as a spirited young girl in revolutionary and war-time Iran. Persepolis is disarming and often humorous but ultimately it is shattering.
—— Joe SaccoThroughout, there are magnificent feats of connectivity, startlingly complex internal monologues that unfold with perfect simplicity… I haven’t encountered a book about being an artist, or about the punishing entanglements of mothers and daughters, as engaging, profound or original as this one in a long time.
—— Rev’d Katie Roiphe , ScotsmanLively, fresh and expressive…humane, complex and beautiful.
—— Anna Carey , Irish TimesDon’t let the cartoons fool you, this is an exciting and intelligent book and, at many points, highly moving. It doesn’t just tell Alison’s story, Are You My Mother? allows to you to think about your own.
—— Emerald StreetFind everything this author has written. Every jot she makes on the paper enriches the baroque, painful, exhilarating story she has to tell.
—— Candia McWilliam , ScotsmanIt’s first and foremost funny, using graphical and verbal tricks to express the psychological dramas of an American household.
—— MacUser[Sacco’s] ability to cram in detail is extraordinary. And it is the details that linger.
—— The EconomistWhen stretched to its 24ft length in the Saga Magazine office, we pored over it for ages. We predict you will want to do the same.
—— Saga MagazineAbout Joe Sacco’s The Great War, one can write only essays or short, ecstatic sentences... A beautiful accordion-book, it unfolds on the Western Front, with all its monotony and misery: simple, but intricate; wordless, but vocal; brutal, but beautiful. A masterpiece of quietly affecting numbers, the thousands of lines, dots, and crosses that demarcate the thousands of lives, deaths, and crises.
—— Reggie Chamberlain-King , QuietusThe detail in this work is phenomenal, capturing the aloof generals, death in the trenches, and the wounded... [Sacco] makes visceral one of the bloodiest days in history.
—— Socialist ReviewWordless and brilliant.
—— Donal O'Donoghue , RTE GuideSometimes words and photographs are not enough… [An] astounding book.
—— Michael Hodges , Mail on SundayA unique and unforgettable experience.
—— Matthew Turner , Ask MenA meticulous visual depiction.
—— Observer