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From one of the most fiercely admired graphic artists at work today comes a gothic masterpiece of existential fear and loathing, more than a decade in the making and already being hailed as a classic. Set in suburban Seattle in the mid-1970s, it is a horror tale unlike any other.Pantheon Books nSuburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the areas teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways -- from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) -- but once youve got it, thats it. Theres no turning back. nAs we inhabit the heads of several key characters -- some kids who have it, some who dont, some who are about to get it -- what unfolds isnt the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself -- the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. n nAnd then the murders start. n nAs hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it- back when it wasnt exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. n nTo say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin...n
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