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With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, New York Drawings) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics, but as one of the great voices of modern American literature.

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In his first full length work since Shortcomings in 2007, Adrian Tomine has produced another unforgettable collection of stories and characters: ´Amber Sweet´ shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity in a hyper-connected world; ´A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture´ details the invention and destruction of a vital new art form in short comic strips; ´Translated, from the Japanese´ is a lush, full-colour display of storytelling through still images; ´Intruders´ depicts a man obsessively trying to find his way back to a former life.

From the master of the small gesture, it is a fraught, realist masterpiece about the weight of love and its absence, the pride and disappointment of family, the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century.

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Adrian Tomine can draw, think, write and feel. He sees everything, he knows everything; he´s in your apartment, he´s on the subway, he´s in your dreams. He knows about ageing baseball fans and delusional horticulturists, he knows useless fathers and awkward nerd-girl stand-ups, he knows the single and the married, the mad and the sane, he knows zines and hardback ´graphic novels,´ knows when to use a speech a bubble and when silence is enough. He has more ideas in twenty panels than novelists have in a lifetime. ZADIE SMITH

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Tomine, Adrian
Born in Sacramento in 1974, Adrian Tomine is the author of the acclaimed series Optic Nerve, that has been running since 1991. His work has also appeared in the New Yorker and Esquire, among other publications. His books include Shortcomings, which was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2008 IPPYS and was a 2007 New York Times Notable Book, Summer Blonde, Sleepwalk, Scenes From an Impending Marriage, and, most recently, New York Drawings, all of which are published by Faber in the UK.

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