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Book SynopsisPart of Canongate's Complete Peanuts series
Trade ReviewBeautifully designed ... One of the high-water marks of post-war popular culture. * * Daily Telegraph * *
These timely re-issues illustrate not only the skill and subtle brilliance of his work but also the origins of the form beyond simple merriment. * * Sunday Time * *
All sorts of important writers have marveled at the glorious simplicity of [Schulz's] draftsmanship and his unerring jokecraft, all underpinned by a quiet melancholy and stoicism . . . by some miracle, the entire Peanuts oeuvre is gradually being republished in this country, by Canongate . . . in lavishly appointed hardback . . . Unlike almost everything you read as a child, they are actually better than you remember them. * * Spectator * *
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Peanuts is a microcosm, a little human comedy for the innocent reader and for the sophisticated. -- Umberto Eco