{"title":"Series: Boat Life","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"boat-life-vol-1-by-tadao-tsuge-9781942801122","title":"Boat Life Vol. 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter thirty years as a mainstay in the alt-manga periodicals Garo, Yagyo, and Comic Baku, cult comics artist Tsuge Tadao gets philosophical with \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoat Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSerialised between 1996 and 2000, \u003cem\u003eBoat Life\u003c\/em\u003e stars novelist Tsuda Kenta, a lightly veiled stand-in for the artist himself, Tsuge Tadao, as he pursues a life of reprieve and reverie on a small, makeshift houseboat on a river outside of Tokyo. Based loosely on the artist's own daily life, this charming story follows the hapless protagonist on a series of magical absurdist quests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story features a panoply of personable characters, including a drunkard fisherman, a pervy monk, a talking corpse, a senile hermit, and a half-supportive, half-doubtful wife and adult son. Most of the scenes take place on the Tonegawa River in Chiba, a favourite fishing spot of Tsuge's. Others occur at the artist's home or at Joker, a jeans and apparel shop the Tsuges opened in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile fans of \u003cem\u003eTrash Market\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlum Wolf\u003c\/em\u003e will enjoy this late-career elaboration of apres-guerre themes Tsuge has been exploring since his debut in the legendary alt-manga magazine \u003cem\u003eGaro\u003c\/em\u003e in the late '60s, fans of his brother Tsuge Yoshiharu's \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate the more relaxed and optimistic take on middle-aged reclusion and the grind of work and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362526085356,"sku":"9781942801122","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19821813482879.jpg?v=1772888136"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-boat-life.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}