Thick 8vo. Pp. xi-[xvi], 636. Pink printed wraps.
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. Nominated for the 2000 National Book Critics' Circle Award, the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award, and the 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Named one of the 10 Best Books of the Decade by Entertainment Weekly. As Hitler's shadow falls across Europe, two misfit young cousins from opposite sides of the Atlantic – drawing on their fantasies and fears – dream up the creation of an anti-fascist, comic book hero. Author's third novel, set during the comic industry's "Golden Age". "[A] towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book." –Newsweek