A novel in cartoons. Jules Feiffer was one of a kind. This is a first edition hardcover in an edge worn and torn jacket. The book is clean and tight showing only a touch of shelf wear to edges. Feiffer has boldly inscribed to previous owner on the first front end paper. First edition stated. Price intact on jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Tantrum
Publisher: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 1979
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0394508378
ISBN 13: 9780394508375
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A novel-in-cartoons follows the fortunes of a man who no longer wants to be a husband and father, who no longer wants any responsibilities, who wants only to be a two year old

Review

It may seem crazy to say that there is nothing silly about a graphic novel whose central plot centers on a 42-year-old man who wills himself into the form of a 2-year-old boy. But this conceit, coupled with Jules Feiffer's trademark eye for social criticism, enables Tantrum to tackle heavy-duty adult themes: the weight of responsibility and the price of freedom. If you have ever experienced melancholy about where your life has gone, you should read Tantrum; it is written with a wisdom that only comes with age. The frantic quality of Feiffer's super-quick sketchy lines adds to the intensity and impatience of the work. The novel's best moment involves a Daliesque scene in which a woman is trying to diet herself into nothing but her pure essence. In the hands of a lesser writer, the vignette could come off as being in incredibly bad taste or pointlessly out-of-place, but Feiffer artfully, and with poignant skill, ties this woman's struggle to the 2-year-old's adventure.

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