Hobson's Island (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564784179)

Hobson's Island (so called because Mr. Hobson bought it, or did Mr. Hobson buy it because it was so called?) enjoyed decades of isolation in the Atlantic Ocean. For years, the caretakers lived there peacefully, with only a cow for company and an empty house to care for. But all is suddenly disrupted when a wave of unusual visitors arrive: a deposed African king fleeing a revolution, a Hobson descendant claiming ownership, government agents eyeing the nation-less real estate, and scientists looking to test a dangerous new invention. In typical Themerson fashion, the comic is wound up with the serious and let go to devastating effect. A clever and apt parodying of Cold War power plays and twisted science, Hobson's Island is a strangely touching, sympathetic, and emotional account of the families and individuals brought together and broken up by Hobson's Island.

Author: Stefan Themerson
ISBN-10: 1564784177
ISBN-13: 9781564784179
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.34w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/25/2005 pg. 46
Library Journal 09/01/2005 pg. 135
Booklist 10/01/2005 pg. 17
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2005 pg. 763