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The Full Story

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Fragments of life. Fictions of a moment. A book of revelations in miniature. In this hauntingly beautiful collaboration between writer Chips Hardy and illustrator Oscar Grillo, The Full Story offers a genre-defying sequence of one-page narratives—each a glimpse into a life, a death, a joke, or... Read More
Format: Hardback
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A collaboration between writer Chips Hardy and illustrator Oscar Grillo, The Full Story offers a genre-defying sequence of one-page narratives—each a glimpse into a life, a death, a joke, or an epiphany.

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Fragments of life. Fictions of a moment. A book of revelations in miniature.

In this hauntingly beautiful collaboration between writer Chips Hardy and illustrator Oscar Grillo, The Full Story offers a genre-defying sequence of one-page narratives—each a glimpse into a life, a death, a joke, or an epiphany. Hardy's tales are lean and luminous, by turns wry, tragic, surreal and piercingly humane. Grillo's artwork answers them with a visual world just as unpredictable—delirious, tender, uncanny, sublime.

Together, they compose a new kind of storytelling: elliptical, illustrated literature for the fractured age. One story per spread. One image. One moment. And yet, across these fragments, a deeper coherence gathers: the shock of being alive, the absurdity of the everyday, the poignancy of what passes.

Hardy—co-creator of the acclaimed television series Taboo, and winner of Writers' Guild and British Comedy Awards—writes with the compression of poetry and the perspective of a playwright. Grillo—winner of Cannes, BAFTA, and Oscar accolades—delivers a visual counterpoint that's as layered and enigmatic as the tales themselves.

A work of rare invention and emotional scope, The Full Story invites you to read slowly, look closely, and return often.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781967751402

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 January 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: ERIS

Illustration: 150 color illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Oscar Grillo

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Oscar Grillo is a Palme d’Or-winning animator, illustrator, and visual artist. Born in Argentina and long based in London, he has worked across commercial animation, film, and fine art. His short film Seaside Woman won at Cannes, and his credits include visual work for Monsters Inc. Grillo’s drawings—wild, layered, and often surreal—have been exhibited around the world and remain unmistakable in their energy and invention.

Chips Hardy is a British writer of exceptional range and originality. He is the co-creator and writer of the acclaimed television drama Taboo, winner of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Long Form TV Drama.His work spans theatre, fiction, stand-up, and screen, always marked by a distinctive blend of wit, emotional acuity, and formal boldness. A dramatist by instinct, Hardy brings to every medium the precision of a playwright and the sharpness of a satirist

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