Jar Of Fools TP New Printing

Description

Listed as one of the top 13 graphic novels by The New York Times Book Review, Jason Lutes' groundbreaking book returns in a new, completely re-designed edition, with a new introduction by Sherman Alexie. Ernie is an alcoholic stage magician haunted by lost love and his brother's suicide. He's hooked up with his senile mentor in a last ditch effort to sort his life out. Esther is numb with grief, working a dead end job while her heart atrophies. Nathan Lender is a small-time grifter living on his wits and in a car with his twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. These people have run out of escape tricks and when chance brings them together they discover that love can perform miracles. A meditation on love and loss, and magic.