Eli Horowitz

The Pickle Index

Illustrator: Huebert, Ian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Knife throwers. Ominous fortresses. Angry mimes. Snack festivals. Morose contortionists. Guillotines. Smiling journalists. Lonely young women. Lingering hope. Incompetence. Desperation. Funny disguises. Plus two hardcover books in a gold-encrusted slipcase, twenty full-color illustrations, and an unprecedented feat of interactive book design. A hapless circus troupe tours the countryside of a downtrodden nation, trying to earn a living the best way they know -- even though their best isn't very good at all: a morose contortionist, a strongman who'd rather be miming, a lion tamer paired with an elderly dog, etc. Toward the end of a typically glum performance, Zloty Kornblatt, the troupe's ringmaster, accidentally blunders into a mockery of the nation's glorious leader. He doesn't even know why the sparse crowd is laughing, but they are -- and so he continues with the inadvertent satire, ending the show on a rare triumphant note. The confused ringmaster is quickly captured, thrown into prison, and sentenced to death. The troupe must design an intricate prison-break built around their unique (and possibly useless) skills. Hijinks ensue, recounted with deadpan humor and flickering hope by Flora Bialy, Zloty's understudy and our shy narrator.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SUDDEN OAK BOOKS
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9780996260800
• ISBN-10: 0996260803
• Artikelnr.: 43107226

Autorenporträt

Eli Horowitz is the coauthor of The Silent History, a digital novel; The Clock Without a Face, a treasure-hunt mystery; and Everything You Know Is Pong, an illustrated cultural history of table tennis. Previously, he was the managing editor and then publisher of McSweeney's; his design work has been honored by I.D., Print, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He lives in Northern California.