{"title":"Casanova Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasanova Frankenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts graphic novels that blend dark humour with striking, imaginative storytelling. Readers can expect rich, visual narratives that explore themes of creation, identity, and the monstrous within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith works like \u003cem\u003eHow to Make a Monster\u003c\/em\u003e, the collection offers tales that are both thought-provoking and visually captivating, appealing to those who appreciate graphic fiction with depth and originality.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-make-a-monster-by-casanova-frankenstein-9781683965718","title":"How to Make a Monster","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConveyed as a bleak first-person narrative with darkly humorous overtones, Casanova Frankenstein reveals how real-life experience shaped his hard-bitten, survivalist view of life. His was a world of fear and isolation punctuated by bullying thugs, the stifling atmosphere of the Lutheran school on the South Side of Chicago, racial segregation, unapproachable girls, and a home life consisting of an emotionally distant and unsupportive mother and a violent, alcoholic cop father who was not above giving his son a good thrashing now and again while preaching Christian family values. It is a searing portrait of an unbearably painful upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Make a Monster\u003c\/em\u003e is illustrated by Australian outsider artist Glenn Pearce in a rare creative symbiosis in which Pearce captures Frankenstein's inner turmoil using a variety of stunningly realized artistic approaches, from naturalistic portraiture to outrageously inventive phantasmagoric imagery. A seamlessly contrapuntal balancing act between Frankenstein's raw, unadorned writing and Pearce's stunningly detailed drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430892617964,"sku":"9781683965718","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683965718.jpg?v=1774558237"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/casanova-frankenstein.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}