{"product_id":"spent-a-comic-novel","title":"Spent: A Comic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe celebrated and beloved \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of the modern classic \u003cem\u003eFun Home \u003c\/em\u003epresents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Alison Bechdel's hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Alison's first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. It's a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdel's beloved comic strip \u003cem\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the TV show \u003cem\u003eDeath and Taxidermy\u003c\/em\u003e racks up Emmy after Emmy--and when Alison's Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral--Alison's own envy spirals. Why couldn't \u003cem\u003eshe \u003c\/em\u003ebe the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show...like \u003cem\u003eQueer Eye\u003c\/em\u003e...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpent\u003c\/em\u003e's rollicking and masterful denouement--making the case for seizing what's true about life in the world at this moment, before it's too late--once again proves that \"nobody does it better\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e) than the real Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Bechdel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46292391428332,"sku":"9780063278929","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780063278929.jpg?v=1742926248","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/spent-a-comic-novel","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}