{"product_id":"king-of-the-flies-vol-pirus-9781606993200","title":"King of the Flies Vol. 1: Hallorave","description":"Set in a suburb that is both nowhere and everywhere, \u003cem\u003eKing of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e is a glorious bastard, combining the intricacy and subtlety of the best European graphic novels with a hyperdetailed, controlled noir style derived from the finest American cartoonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mezzo and Pirus, previously best known in Europe for a series of cynical, brutal gangster stories, have abandoned their guns and gals for this cycle of suburban stories, but in \u003cem\u003eKing of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e the violence has just (for the most part) been interiorized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e first appears to be a series of unrelated short stories, each starring (and narrated by) a different protagonist, but it soon becomes obvious that these seemingly disparate episodes weave together to form a single complex narrative, with events that are only glimpsed (or even referred to) revisited from different perspectives--revolving around Eric, a ne'er-do-well, drug-taking teenager at war with his stepfather and, apparently, the whole world. (He is the titular King.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e is designed as a trilogy of albums, which will combine to form a single graphic novel of stunning intricacy and intensity. (Vol. 2, \"The Beginning of All Things,\" will be released by Fantagraphics in the Summer of 2010.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pirus, Mezzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606993208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606993200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.60h x 9.22w x 0.49d","brand":"Pirus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080084386047,"sku":"9781606993200","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9714adea-b0ff-4d87-8c68-edd6207dc18c.jpg?v=1685484856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/king-of-the-flies-vol-pirus-9781606993200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}