{"product_id":"death-in-trieste","title":"Death in Trieste","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Library Journal Best Book of 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cartoonist known as Jason returns with a collection of three short graphic stories, connected by an absurdist thread, showcasing his idiosyncratic cultural obsessions, clear line style, and deadpan humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title story, \"Death in Trieste,\" sets the scene in 1920s Berlin, a bustling cultural hotspot in the shadow of the coming Nazism. Here, a host of unlikely characters -- time-travelling David Bowie, Rasputin, Nosferatu, Marlene Dietrich, and more -- are all connected by a group of Dadaists who perform the art of rationality through madness. In \"The Magritte Affair,\" a wisecracking pair of detectives must crack a case involving art forgeries, masked men, and mysterious disappearances -- all linked to the surrealist world of the famous Belgian painter. Finally, in \"Sweet Dreams,\" Jason reimagines the New Wave artists of the 1980s as \u003cem\u003eX-Men\u003c\/em\u003e-esque superheroes. While this supergroup easily dispatches such supernatural threats as living mummies, animated suits of armor, and rampaging golems, they soon face their biggest challenge yet, as a giant meteorite hurtles toward the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jason","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288683430124,"sku":"9798875001253","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798875001253.jpg?v=1770568440","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/death-in-trieste","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}