{"product_id":"jimmy-corrigan-the-smartest-kid-on-earth","title":"Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Chris Ware. Published by Jonathan Cape. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 380 pages, Colour, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book from the Chicago author of the “stunning” \u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally impaired \"everyman,\" who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This haunting and unshakable book will change the way you look at your world.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There’s no writer alive whose work I love more than Chris Ware.” —Zadie Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself between 1890's Chicago and 1980's small town Michigan, the reader is helped along by thousands of colored illustrations and diagrams, which, when read rapidly in sequence, provide a convincing illusion of life and movement. The bulk of the work is supported by fold-out instructions, an index, paper cut-outs, and a brief apology, all of which concrete to form a rich portrait of a man stunted by a paralyzing fear of being disliked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Cape","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61193493512522,"sku":"jimmycorrigan","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_5745_f5dad67e-2819-4cbe-8a7e-522b43905e34.jpg?v=1772038316","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/jimmy-corrigan-the-smartest-kid-on-earth","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}