Aristotle's cuttlefish [graphic novel] / Matthew Dooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dooley, Matthew, author, artist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eccentrics and eccentricities--Comic books, strips, etc.

Eccentrics and eccentricities.

Lost articles--Comic books, strips, etc.

Lost articles.

Social isolation--Comic books, strips, etc.

Social isolation.

Small cities--Comic books, strips, etc.

Small cities.

Interpersonal relations--Comic books, strips, etc.

Interpersonal relations.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Slice-of-life comics.

Humorous comics.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrated (color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Jonathan Cape, 2025.

Summary:

"You can tell a lot about someone from what they misplace. Oddball Mr Daniels has spent his life sorting chaos into order. In the basement of a shabby Town Council building, he has meticulously labelled, guarded and sometimes claimed the lost property of Dobbiston's residents for thirty years; a life's work carried out mostly unnoticed. But when a bored teenager on work experience interrupts his routine, Mr Daniel's underground world is revealed to be both a lonely prison of his own making and a refuge for his peculiar, uncurbed creativity. A place where hit-and-miss experiments to make the elixir of life, or record the music of the spheres, help him to grieve and search for existential truths. Told through Lost Property Office vignettes - a snooker cue love story, a granny's tea cosy and a kid's toy on an intergalactic adventure - local histories are elevated to the momentous and profound, drawn with playful nostalgia and Dooley's deadpan wit. Aristotle's Cuttlefish is a witty portrait of a close-knit northern town and the lives those lost and found characters within it."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781787333956

1787333957

OCLC:

1525852979

Publisher Number:

90102144104