The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch #[nn]
In "The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch," Neil Gaiman crafts a haunting summer tale set in a forgotten seaside arcade, where a troubled adolescent’s quiet days spiral into something far stranger. With Dave McKean’s unmistakable art—pencils, inks, colors, and letters all his own—the story unfolds like a dream half-remembered, as a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman draw the boy into a web of buried memories and unsettling truths. The cover by Dave McKean captures the eerie, shifting tone of a story where innocence and violence blur, and the past refuses to stay buried.
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Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.
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