Worm

Exhilarating, immensely powerful, gorgeous, it really does open the imagination and sweep you up – Philippe Sands, bestselling author of EAST WEST STREET and THE RATLINE
WORM is testament to the power of political art * CREATIVE REVIEW *
Shocking. Brilliant. Soul-shattering in its terrible beauty. In WORM, Edel Rodriguez rips open a heart-shaped window onto a hate-shaped world. I can’t believe he survived it, but am deeply glad he did and was able to tell the tale. This book is so good it will likely be banned in Florida – Chip Kidd, author of THE CHEESE MONKEYS
WORM has consumed me more than any memoir I’ve read before, and that is saying a lot. It belongs in the pantheon that Maus built – Steven Heller * Print Magazine *
Fascinating and complex … A passionate firsthand account of historical events and a compelling coming-of-age tale in one * Library Journal *
A sharply observed document of totalitarianism and its discontents * Kirkus (starred review) *
WORM is a long and brilliant read, its artwork immediate and dramatic in its reduced palette of red, green, white and black, its writing tense and touched with a great talent for telling detail … A wise and life-stuffed memoir – Will Steen * Buzz Magazine *
Uniquely positioned to comment on autocracies and authoritarianism, Rodriguez reveals his personal fears about the future of the United States, particularly after the Jan. 6 insurrection. He portrays the crowd on the Capitol much like the one in Havana in January 1959 that starts the novel, bringing it full-circle in a striking visual comparison – Donna Edwards * Associated Press *

EDEL RODRIGUEZ was born in 1971 in Havana, Cuba. He received a B.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute in 1994 and an M.F.A. from Hunter College in 1998. He is the recipient of both a Gold and a Silver Medal for editorial illustration from the Society of Illustrators. His work has been featured on the covers of Time, the New Yorker and Der Spiegel; other clients include MTV, Pepsi, U.S. Postal Service, Nike, Rolling Stone, GQ, Playboy, Reader’s Digest, National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Conde Naste Traveler, the Washington Post and the Losa Angeles Times.

Edel’s artwork is in the collections of numerous institutions, including the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., as well as in many private collections.

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