Omschrijving
In Wales 1974, a fisherman inadvertently reels in a Nazi flag. Meanwhile,
young Idris and his mother ride a train in the countryside.
Idris’s mother has a new housekeeping job awaiting her in the
small town of Bothelli, by the sea. Her new employer, a wealthy
man named Mr. Miller, is confined to a wheelchair and beginning
immediately upon their arrival, Mr. Miller’s unceasing demands
as an employer leave the socially awkward Idris adrift in his new
town, friendless. That is, until he meets the mysterious and profane
Gwen in the local cemetery. When Idris shows Gwen a map
that he found at Mr. Miller’s, it sucks them into a web of mystery
and unimagined horrors.
As he did in his acclaimed 2018 graphic novel Dull Margaret,
co-created with Jim Broadbent, Dix brings his world to life with his
distinctive cartooning, weaving lumpy characters, earthy palettes,
grim rumination, deadpan humor, supernatural elements, and a dreary
countryside setting into one of the gnarliest graphic novels of the year.