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Pentti and Deathgirl

and, Deathgirl

Author: Emma Rendel  

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Two very strange and very beautiful stories from Sweden

'So what?' says Juha, but Pentti, full of drink and righteous anger, storms off into town looking for a fight.'Deathgirl's Diary' tells of Deathgirl, lonely and friendless, talking only to her diary, where she confides her obsessions: stabbing, beheading, poisoning...

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Two very strange and very beautiful stories from Sweden

'So what?' says Juha, but Pentti, full of drink and righteous anger, storms off into town looking for a fight.'Deathgirl's Diary' tells of Deathgirl, lonely and friendless, talking only to her diary, where she confides her obsessions: stabbing, beheading, poisoning...

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Two very strange and very beautiful graphic stories from Sweden.Emma Rendel is one of the most distinctive and original graphic artists at work today. She joins the Cape list with the extraordinary Pentti and Deathgirl, two strange tales in one beautiful volume.'Pentti' is the story of two Finnish brothers, Juha and Pentti. When two men move in next to their farm, Pentti is convinced they must be gay. 'So what?' says Juha, but Pentti, full of drink and righteous anger, storms off into town looking for a fight.'Deathgirl's Diary' tells of Deathgirl, lonely and friendless, talking only to her diary, where she confides her obsessions- stabbing, beheading, poisoning...

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Critic Reviews

“Something incredibly dark lurks behind Emma Rendel's jaunty characters and nimble artwork; something shrewdly and deftly captured. It's a brilliant read - sinister and amusing in equal measures”

-- Hannah Berry, author of Britten & Brulightly
There is a lovely black humour within the horror

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About the Author

Emma Rendel was born in 1976 in Uppsala, Sweden. She studied illustration and graphic design at Central St Martin's and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art. She contributes to Galago, Hjelp and Le Gun, and her illustrations have been published in Icon magazine and Time Out. Her second book, The Vicar Woman, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012.

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing | Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published
29th January 2009
Pages
128
ISBN
9780224085069

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