{"product_id":"spent-a-comic-novel-hardcover","title":"Spent: A Comic Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158749413439,"sku":"9780063278929","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/I7QwAPKMhh9780063278929.webp?v=1776992869","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/spent-a-comic-novel-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}