{"product_id":"dispatches-from-wondermark-manor-david-malki-9780982167151","title":"Dispatches from Wondermark Manor: The Compleat Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eVictorian adventure -- an era full of top-hatted intrigue, dirigibles galore, all-too-demure sensuality and completely unironic classism. Now there's an antidote: \u003cem\u003eDispatches from Wondermark Manor, \u003c\/em\u003e a rollicking, absurd, completely ridiculous yarn from the author of the celebrated comic strip \"Wondermark.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking the tropes of Conan Doyle-style adventure fiction and ramping them way over the top, Malki's story brings together: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhosts (of course)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAirships (of course)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh society intrigue\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOld men in salt barrels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHorses that cannot fly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrightful moustaches aplenty\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCheese handling as an artform\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGeneral bad decisions, and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCasual mass murder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll in a stunningly-designed package evocative of the grandest pulp style. Praised by many for its strangeness and wonder, \u003cem\u003eDispatches from Wondermark Manor\u003c\/em\u003e is offered here for the very first time in a complete omnibus edition, including all three volumes of the novels (originally available only as long out-of-print chapbooks)\u003cem\u003eplus\u003c\/em\u003e a separate prologue from Malki's book \u003cem\u003eBeards of our Forefathers, \u003c\/em\u003e plus all-new hand-drawn maps of the locations in the story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuy with confidence  This edition is guaranteed at least 48% opium-free by law.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Malki !.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982167156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982167151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bearstache Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.01d","brand":"David Malki !.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063569641727,"sku":"9780982167151","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3b0d2b6-0fbb-4df0-bcfe-54f8c9d88cb1.jpg?v=1685390340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dispatches-from-wondermark-manor-david-malki-9780982167151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}