{"product_id":"cousin-joseph-jules-feiffer-9781631490651","title":"Cousin Joseph: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eKill My Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer began an epic saga of American noir fiction. With \u003cem\u003eCousin Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e, a prequel that introduces us to bare-knuckled Detective Sam Hannigan, head of the Bay City's Red Squad and patriarch of the Hannigan family featured in \u003cem\u003eKill My Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, Feiffer brings us the second installment in this highly anticipated graphic trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur story opens in Bay City in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. Big Sam sees himself as a righteous, truth-seeking patriot, defending the American way, as his Irish immigrant father would have wanted, against a rising tide of left-wing unionism, strikes, and disruption that plague his home town. At the same time he makes monthly, secret overnight trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a mysterious man on the phone he has never laid eyes on, to pay off Hollywood producers to ensure that they will film only upbeat films that idealize a mythic America: no warts, no injustice uncorrected, only happy endings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Sam, himself, is not in for a happy ending, as step by step the secret of his unseen mentor's duplicity is revealed to him. Fast-moving action, violence, and murder in the noir style of pulps and forties films are melded in the satiric, sociopolitical Feifferian style to dig up the buried fearmongering of the past and expose how closely it matches the headlines, happenings, and violence of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eCousin Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e, Feiffer builds on his late-life conversion to cinematic noir, bowing, as ever, to youthful heroes Will Eisner and Milton Caniff, but ultimately creating a masterpiece that through his unique perspective and comic-strip noir style illuminates the very origins of Hollywood and its role in creating the bipolar nation we've become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jules Feiffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631490656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631490651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016","brand":"Jules Feiffer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939443376383,"sku":"9781631490651","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5db1272a-c480-4881-85a0-286ab10ff008.jpg?v=1681441523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cousin-joseph-jules-feiffer-9781631490651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}