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Almost Completely Baxter

New And Selected Blurtings

Glen Baxter

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New York Review of Books
15 June 2016
A new selection spanning the career of one of the world's foremost humorists, along with brand-new work -- a treat for Baxter's many fans, and a perfect introduction for the uninitiated.

Over four decades and a multitude of books, ""Colonel"" Glen Baxter has

built a world and a language all his own-slightly familiar, decidedly

abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed

Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6-15? Do you

know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you.

Baxter's

drawings are a delicious stew of pulp adventure novels, highbrow

hjinks, and outright absurdity- lonesome cowboys confront the latest in

modern art, brave men tremble before moussaka, schoolgirls hoard

hashish, and the world's fruits are in constant peril. Wimples abound.

This

new selection of Baxter's work brings together highlights from the full

sweep of his long career, and is sure to enchant both confirmed

Baxterians and those in dire need of an introduction.

This NYRC edition is a hardcover with printed endpapers, debossed cover design, and extra-thick paper.
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Imprint:   New York Review of Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Height: 243mm,  Width: 170mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   643g
ISBN:   9781590179857
ISBN 10:   1590179854
Pages:   140
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Glen Baxter is the author of many books since the 1970s, including The Impending Gleam, The Billiard Table Murders, and Blizzards of Tweed. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Elle, Vogue, Le Monde, The Observer and The Independent on Sunday. He is a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and his art is often exhibited in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, and London, where Colonel Baxter lives.

Reviews for Almost Completely Baxter: New And Selected Blurtings

Mr. Baxter betrays all the ominous symptoms of genius. --Edward Gorey Many people have tried to imitate Baxter...few have come close to succeeding. --Salman Rushdie A kind of mad cross between Magritte, S.J. Perelman, and pulp fiction. --The New York Times Glen Baxter is an artist in the distinguished tradition of Lewis Carroll, Sax Rohmer, Marquis de Sade, Raymond Roussel, Luther Burbank, and the Comte de Lautreamont. --John Ashbery It is the contrast between the bald simplicity of the drawings and the baroque excess of the captions that makes Baxter such a significant figure not just in the cartoon business, but in the British comedy landscape. --The Guardian


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