Jar of Fools, by Jason Lules, 2003, San Francisco: Drawn and Quarterly Publications (9781896597720)
Awards: N/A
Author/Illustrator Website: http://jlutes.wordpress.com/
Media Used: black and white line drawings
Annotation:
Ernie is a stage magician who falls onto hard times when his girlfriend leaves him and his brother, a fellow magician dies. He reevaluates his life to find that life is still worth living.
Personal Reaction:
This book was very hard to read, as it had a very depressing theme. I was surprised by the return of the girlfriend in the end of the story. Most of the book left me feeling confused, but the story was very well told.
Graphic Novel Fiction
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