{"product_id":"clyde-fans-paperback","title":"Clyde Fans - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A masterwork... Clyde Fans is a brilliant trip.--Brian Seznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegendary cartoonist Seth's magnum opus \u003ci\u003eClyde Fans \u003c\/i\u003eappeared on twenty best of the year lists, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Washington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e The first graphic novel nominated for the Giller, Canada's prestigious national fiction prize, it was also nominated for the Eisner and Trillium Awards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClyde Fans\u003c\/i\u003e peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism, showing the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a vanished middle-class--garrulous men in wool suits extolling their wares to taciturn shopkeepers. Like the myth of an ever-growing economy, the Clyde Fans family business is a fraud. The patriarch has abandoned it to mismatched sons, one who strives to keep the company afloat and the other who retreats into his memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbe and Simon Matchcard are brothers, struggling to save their archaic family business selling oscillating fans in a world switching to air conditioning. Simon flirts with becoming a salesman as a last-ditch effort to leave the protective walls of the family home, but is ultimately unable to escape Abe's critical voice in his head. As Clyde Fans Co. crumbles, so does the relationship between the two men, who choose very different life paths but both end up utterly unhappy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeth's intimate storytelling and gorgeous art allow cityscapes and detailed period objects to tell their own stories as the brothers struggle to find themselves suffocating in an airless home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeth\u003c\/b\u003e is the cartoonist behind the comic book series \u003ci\u003ePalookaville\u003c\/i\u003e, which started as a pamphlet and is now a semiannual hardcover. His comics have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/i\u003e. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, including the cover of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalrus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCanadian Notes \u0026amp; Queries\u003c\/i\u003e. He is Lemony Snicket's partner for the series All the Wrong Questions and he designs several classic comics reprint series, notably collections of work by Charles Schulz, John Stanley, and Doug Wright. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was the subject of the National Film Board documentary \u003ci\u003eSeth's Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e. Seth lives in Guelph, Canada, with his wife, Tania, and two cats in a house he has named Inkwell's End.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 492\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768441078048,"sku":"9781770464865","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/436d93e62d2f59daea7a861e918419b2.webp?v=1780329795","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clyde-fans-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}