Black Project Brookes Gareth
Black Project Brookes Gareth From the winner of the inaugural Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, here is a darkly funny story of obsession, beautifully crafted in embroidery and lino-cut.Getting…
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Black Project Brookes Gareth
From the winner of the inaugural Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, here is a darkly funny story of obsession, beautifully crafted in embroidery and lino-cut.Getting yourself a girlfriend is easy, according to Richard. The difficult bit is keeping her secret.Set in an English suburb in the early 1990s, The Black Project by Gareth Brookes is the story of Richard's all-consuming passion for creating 'girls' from household objects. All you need is papier mache, string, soft material, a balloon, some old fashioned bellows, and a good pair of scissors.
Richard is an unreliable narrator, and the reader responds to his loneliness and his dogged attempt to find a companion while being horrified by his warped creations. But as his hobby begins to flourish, his real-life friendships and family relationships deteriorate. The novel's focus is on the divide between