{"product_id":"beverly-nick-drnaso-9781770462250","title":"Beverly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnected by a series of gossipy teens, the modern lost souls of \u003ci\u003eBeverly\u003c\/i\u003e struggle with sexual anxieties that are just barely repressed and social insecurities that undermine every word they speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA group of teenagers pick up trash on the side of the highway--flirting, preening, and ignoring a potentially violent loner in their midst. A college student brings her sort-of boyfriend to a disastrous house party with her high-school acquaintances. A young woman experiences a traumatic incident at the pizza shop where she works and the fallout reveals the racial tensions simmering below the surface. Again and again, the civilized fa ade of Drnaso's pitch-perfect surburban sprawl and pasty Midwestern protagonists cracks in the face of violence and quiet brutality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrnaso's bleak social satire in \u003ci\u003eBeverly \u003c\/i\u003ereveals a brilliant command of the social milieu of twenty-first-century existence, echoing the black comic work of Todd Solondz, Sam Lipsyte, and Daniel Clowes. Precisely and hauntingly recounted, each chapter of \u003ci\u003eBeverly\u003c\/i\u003e reveals something new--and yet familiar--about the world in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Drnaso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 7.70w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016 pg. 37","brand":"Nick Drnaso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044071239935,"sku":"9781770462250","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13cd1502-920e-4477-88b0-bf7da84035a1.jpg?v=1684970766","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beverly-nick-drnaso-9781770462250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}