Spent : A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel

Spent : A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel'The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written as well as, perhaps, the most prescient' OBSERVERFrom her pygmy goat farm in Vermont, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathing memoir about her own greed and privilege? But how can she just sit around writing a book when the world is hanging on a thread? In this hilariously skewering comic novel, Alison is existentially

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cooking for David and her stepdaughter Crystal

Written with candour and bravery

An experimental debut following in the footsteps of William Faulkner

author of the bestselling INVERTING THE PYRAMID

Raina Telgemeier and award-winning

and soaring flights of eloquence

a fear of gluttony drives us to ignore our appetites and an aversion to greed prevents us from negotiating a better salary at work

It has earned the reputation of being the book no dealer

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