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Pentti and Deathgirl

Emma Rendel

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English
Jonathan Cape
15 February 2009
Two very strange and very beautiful graphic stories from Sweden.

Emma Rendel is one of the most distinctive and original graphic artists at work today. She joins the Cape list with the extraordinary Pentti and Deathgirl, two strange tales in one beautiful volume.

'Pentti' is the story of two Finnish brothers, Juha and Pentti. When two men move in next to their farm, Pentti is convinced they must be gay. 'So what?' says Juha, but Pentti, full of drink and righteous anger, storms off into town looking for a fight.

'Deathgirl's Diary' tells of Deathgirl, lonely and friendless, talking only to her diary, where she confides her obsessions- stabbing, beheading, poisoning...
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Imprint:   Jonathan Cape
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 260mm,  Width: 181mm,  Spine: 11mm
Weight:   420g
ISBN:   9780224085069
ISBN 10:   0224085069
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Emma Rendel was born in 1976 in Uppsala, Sweden. She studied illustration and graphic design at Central St Martin's and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art. She contributes to Galago, Hjelp and Le Gun, and her illustrations have been published in Icon magazine and Time Out. Her second book, The Vicar Woman, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012.

Reviews for Pentti and Deathgirl

Something incredibly dark lurks behind Emma Rendel's jaunty characters and nimble artwork; something shrewdly and deftly captured. It's a brilliant read - sinister and amusing in equal measures -- Hannah Berry, author of Britten & Brulightly There is a lovely black humour within the horror www.bookbag.co.uk


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