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Whether delving into the absurd or the profoundly personal, Jason’s graphic novels offer a memorable experience that lingers beyond the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"death-in-trieste-by-jason-9798875001253","title":"Death in Trieste","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnter the topsy-turvy world of the Dadaists and Surrealists in this new suite of graphic short stories by the internationally acclaimed cartoonist Jason.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe cartoonist known as Jason returns with a collection of three short graphic stories, connected by an absurdist thread, showcasing his idiosyncratic cultural obsessions, clear line style, and deadpan humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe title story, \u003cem\u003eDeath in Trieste\u003c\/em\u003e, sets the scene in 1920s Berlin, a bustling cultural hotspot in the shadow of the coming Nazism. Here, a host of unlikely characters—time-travelling David Bowie, Rasputin, Nosferatu, Marlene Dietrich, and more—are all connected by a group of Dadaists who perform the art of rationality through madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Magritte Affair\u003c\/em\u003e, a wisecracking pair of detectives must crack a case involving art forgeries, masked men, and mysterious disappearances—all linked to the surrealist world of the famous Belgian painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, in \u003cem\u003eSweet Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, Jason reimagines the New Wave artists of the 1980s as \u003cem\u003eX-Men\u003c\/em\u003e-esque superheroes. 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Together with several friends, they journey to Pamplona, Spain for the fiesta, where festivities and complications ensue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second story takes place in Paris, 1944, the day after its liberation. Hemingway, now a war correspondent, decides he's had enough and takes action to end the war for good. Alongside a group of adventurers and resistance fighters, he parachutes into Germany with this mission in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe final narrative unfolds in Cuba in the late 1950s. 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Spock beams down to 1920s Paris to live a double life as an avant-garde painter. Hitchcockian thrillers, literary adaptations, and homages to classic EC comics abound. Dinosaurs! David Bowie! Vampires! Elvis! Welcome to the cosmic gumbo of \u003cem\u003eUpside Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNorwegian cartoonist Jason is beloved for his signature dry wit, deadpan humour, and elegantly minimalist style. His newest compilation of short comics stories leans into the playful and experimental, as he mixes and matches genres, mashes up low and highbrow culture, from Star Trek to Georges Perec, and leads readers through dizzying twists and turns. 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