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THE CARTOGRAPHER By Peter Twohig
In order to get a ten [on the smell scale], 'a smell must have a certain something about it, so that you can't just say: Oh yeah, that's because it's got whatsaname in it - vanilla or something - if you know what I mean. It has to have a lovely strangeness to it.' The Cartographer also has a 'lovely strangeness' to it. The writing and the story are delightfully eccentric, filled with dry wit and super funny characters and events. The cocky and devilish yet innocent and beautiful voice of the unnamed narrator belies all the loss and trauma he has recently experienced. To survive, he reinvents himself as a superhero and maps his journeys through the landmarks and smells of Richmond to be sure he never crosses paths with the people he has upset, including a vengeful murderer. The story is full of cultural references to comics, superheroes and TV shows that will strike chord after chord with readers.Set in the dark, dangerous lanes and underground drains of grimy 1959 Richmond, The Cartographer bristles with outrageous wit and irony. Peopled with a rich cast of shifty bastards, a father who deserts his wife and son, a depressed mother, a modicum of pseudo-aunts, astonishing superheroes, and a few coincidentally loving characters, some of whom are found in the most unlikely places, ultimately it champions innocence and tenacity. 'The Cartographer' is available now.
In order to get a ten [on the smell scale], 'a smell must have a certain something about it, so that you can't just say: Oh yeah, that's because it's got whatsaname in it - vanilla or something - if you know what I mean. It has to have a lovely strangeness to it.'
The Cartographer also has a 'lovely strangeness' to it. The writing and the story are delightfully eccentric, filled with dry wit and super funny characters and events.
The cocky and devilish yet innocent and beautiful voice of the unnamed narrator belies all the loss and trauma he has recently experienced. To survive, he reinvents himself as a superhero and maps his journeys through the landmarks and smells of Richmond to be sure he never crosses paths with the people he has upset, including a vengeful murderer. The story is full of cultural references to comics, superheroes and TV shows that will strike chord after chord with readers.
Set in the dark, dangerous lanes and underground drains of grimy 1959 Richmond, The Cartographer bristles with outrageous wit and irony. Peopled with a rich cast of shifty bastards, a father who deserts his wife and son, a depressed mother, a modicum of pseudo-aunts, astonishing superheroes, and a few coincidentally loving characters, some of whom are found in the most unlikely places, ultimately it champions innocence and tenacity.
'The Cartographer' is available now.
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