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OverviewWorld-famous author Percival Mendelssohn and his wife Iris were the toast of literary society until her shocking suicide exposed the emptiness behind the couple's idyllic public image. Convinced that there was no love left in the modern world, Percival decided he would abandon it, disappearing from the face of the Earth and leaving stunned fans to forever wonder what happened to their favorite writer. Now, nearly a decade has passed, and one girl is determined to find her authorial guru and get some answers.Julia Jimenez has traveled halfway around the planet to Beijing, and she's convinced the strange man she's found hiding in a Chinese home is the one everybody's been looking for. In fact, the more he denies it, the more sure of her discovery Julia becomes. Insinuating her way into his life of isolation, she slowly tries to draw Percival back out amongst the living. Can she prove to him that his safe and precious life, tucked away with his books and an army of cats, can't protect him from the harsh realities he's trying to deny? Or has he become so broken by the failure of his romantic ideals, he can never be at peace again? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jamie S. RichPublisher: Oni Press,US Imprint: Oni Press,US Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781932664737ISBN 10: 1932664734 Pages: 380 Publication Date: 21 August 2007 Recommended Age: From 13 to 16 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJamie S. Rich is an author and editor who began his career in the early 1990s at Dark Horse Comics before moving to Oni Press, where he was Editor-in-Chief from 1998 to 2004. Rich is best known for his collaborations with artist Joëlle Jones on the graphic novels 12 Reasons Why I Love Her and You Have Killed Me. Their most recent and acclaimed collaboration has been Lady Killer. The series received four Eisner Award nominations in 2016. Rich published his first prose novel, Cut My Hair, in 2000, and his first superhero comic book, It Girl and the Atomics, in 2012. Currently, Rich is a Group Editor at Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |