{"product_id":"the-talk-from-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-graphic-novelist-9781787334526","title":"The Talk: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL***\u003cbr\u003e***A GUARDIAN GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't have a realistic water gun. She said that police think little Black boys older and less innocent than they are. So began 'The Talk'...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Ta-Nehisi Coates of comics' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGARRY TRUDEAU, creator of \u003ci\u003eDoonesbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Darrin Bell has produced another American classic'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough evocative illustrations and sharp humour, Darrin Bell examines how The Talk all Black parents must have with their children shaped his intimate and public moments from childhood to adulthood. While coming of age in Los Angeles - and finding a voice through cartooning - Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbours and police officers, and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans, and showcasing revealing insights and cartoons along the way, he brings us up to the moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now Bell must decide whether he and his own six-year-old son are ready to have The Talk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarrin Bell has produced another American classic... An expressive and direct work\u003c\/b\u003e about racism’s impact, and the problems we have discussing it * Guardian, *Best Graphic Novels of the Year* *\u003cbr\u003eIt's nearly impossible to appreciate another person's truth, but if a brilliant storyteller offers to light the way, take him up on it. \u003cb\u003eBell is the Ta-Nehisi Coates of comics, an indispensable explainer of how it feels to grow up in a world that repeatedly treats you as other\u003c\/b\u003e. The talk with my white sons boiled down to 'Be kind.' It's hard to overstate the distance between that admonition and 'Stay alive' -- Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury\u003cbr\u003eVisually stunning, and propulsive, with an absorbing narrative voice... Reminiscent of longform comics memoirs such as Alison Bechdel's\u003ci\u003e Fun Home\u003c\/i\u003e and Marjane Satrapi's \u003ci\u003ePersepolis... \u003c\/i\u003eThis epic portrait of an artist is \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece... \u003ci\u003eThe Talk\u003c\/i\u003e makes a penetrative, and lasting, impression\u003c\/b\u003e * NPR *\u003cbr\u003ePropulsive reading, drawn with urgency and verve. Once you pick up \u003ci\u003eThe Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eyou won't be able to put it down\u003c\/b\u003e -- Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home\u003cbr\u003eA moving portrait... funny and touching, intellectually and emotionally stimulating. There's pride and prejudice, family drama, and a love story. \u003cb\u003eI loved this book. You will too\u003c\/b\u003e -- Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling\u003cbr\u003eA Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist draws on his childhood in Los Angeles to explore racism on \u003cb\u003ea deeply personal level. There’s a poignancy, too, in the cyclical nature of the story\u003c\/b\u003e: Bell, now a father, is wrestling with the same questions his own parents face * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA deeply personal, brutally honest, and achingly funny graphic novel... \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is a strikingly illustrated vision\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lalo Alcaraz, creator of La Cucaracha\u003cbr\u003eDarrin Bell's first foray into graphic novels is\u003cb\u003e a triumph.\u003c\/b\u003e A cinematically comic, coming-of-age blend of race, culture, and gratuitous nerdity. Wonderful -- Keith Knight, creator of The K Chronicles and Woke","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741520900439,"sku":"9781787334526","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781787334526.jpg?v=1720057844","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-talk-from-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-graphic-novelist-9781787334526","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}