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Item Details
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THE PICKLE INDEX
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| By: |
Eli Horowitz, Ian Huebert (Illus) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£18.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0996260803 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780996260800 |
| Publisher: |
SUDDEN OAK BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
3 November, 2015 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Synopsis: |
Knife throwers. Ominous fortresses. Angry mimes. Snack festivals. Morose contortionists. Guillotines. Smiling journalists. Lonely young women. Lingering hope. Incompetence. Desperation. Funny disguises.Plus two hardcover books in a gold-encrusted slipcase, twenty full-color illustrations, and an unprecedented feat of interactive book design.A hapless circus troupe tours the countryside of a downtrodden nation, trying to earn a living the best way they know ? even though their best isn't very good at all: a morose contortionist, a strongman who'd rather be miming, a lion tamer paired with an elderly dog, etc. Toward the end of a typically glum performance, Zloty Kornblatt, the troupe's ringmaster, accidentally blunders into a mockery of the nation's glorious leader. He doesn't even know why the sparse crowd is laughing, but they are ? and so he continues with the inadvertent satire, ending the show on a rare triumphant note.The confused ringmaster is quickly captured, thrown into prison, and sentenced to death. The troupe must design an intricate prison-break built around their unique (and possibly useless) skills. Hijinks ensue, recounted with deadpan humor and flickering hope by Flora Bialy, Zloty's understudy and our shy narrator. |
| Illustrations: |
20 color illustrations, B&W illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Sudden Oak Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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