EAN: 9781529316117

IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL - WILL MCPHAIL GEBUNDEN

WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE'BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2021' Guardian and Irish Times'Starts as
a charming romantic comedy and turns into something tender and affecting about our need for
connection. I loved this one. ' David Nicholls'Beautiful  bittersweet portrait of modern life .
. . his tragicomedy will also make the heart swell.' Guardian'Brilliant.' Candice
Carty-Williams'This is a miraculous book.' Joe DunthorneNick  a young illustrator  can't
connect with people. Whether it's the barista down the street  his own family or Wren  an
oncologist whose life becomes painfully tangled with his  Nick can't shake the feeling that
there is some hidden realm of human interaction beyond his reach. He staggers through
meaningless conversations and haunts lookalike  vacuous coffee shops in the hope that he will
find it there. But it isn't until Nick learns to stop performing and speak about the things
that really matter that the complex and colourful worlds of the people he meets are finally
revealed to him.Illustrated in both colour and black-and-white in McPhail's instantly
recognisable style  In is poignant  fresh and hilarious. McPhail transforms the graphic novel
with a heart-wrenching compassion uncannily appropriate for our isolated times.

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