The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters

First edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man. 'Um---so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?' Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can tell you that THE CHEESE MONKEYS is a witty and effervescent coming-of-age novel about headless waterfowl, fake plastic babies, and the basic tenets of graphic design. It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the trained eye and skillful hand. Our narrator at State U is determined to major in Art and after several risible false starts, he ends up by accident in a new class called Introduction to Graphic Design." [publisher copy] "The renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd has with THE CHEESE MONKEYS shown us that there is nothing he cannot do. This, his bold first novel (and his readers will eagerly demand a second), is full of style and verve and nerve and spirit."--Lorrie Moore. "Kidd's gifts as a designer are also his gifts as a writer: wit, exquisite taste, high energy, and a mad love for the things of this world. A wild ride through a unique consciousness."--George Saunders. "Chip Kidd has created in Winter Sorbeck and his vaunted course, Art 127, one of the most vivid, expert, hilarious, and strangely gripping accounts of what it means to learn how to see. If THE CHEESE MONKEYS weren't so intelligent, rollicking, and downright entertaining, it would be chastening indeed to find that someone as visually gifted as Mr. Kidd also turned out to have considerable verbal plumage as well."--David Rakoff. Pristine, intricate & irresistible hardcover (handy Hardy-Boys size) w/brilliant corners, crisp & clever edges, a square & tight binding, w/intact front-boards sheath o/w no jacket as issued. A beautifully-designed artist's book.…