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Going Into Town Spiral-Bound | 2019-03-05

Roz Chast

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From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast, an "absolutely laugh-out-loud hysterical" (AP) illustrated ode/guide/thank-you to Manhattan.

The Washington Post "10 Best Graphic Novels of 2017" • New York magazine "The Year's Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books" • Newsday "Best Fall Books" • The Verge "10 Best Comics of 2017" • Oklahoman "Best Graphic Novels of 2017"
New Yorker cartoonist and NYT bestselling author Roz Chast, native Brooklynite-turned-suburban commuter deemed the quintessential New Yorker, has always been intensely alive to the glorious spectacle that is Manhattan--the daily clash of sidewalk racers and dawdlers, the fascinating range of dress codes, and the priceless, nutty outbursts of souls from all walks of life.
For Chast, adjusting to life outside the city was surreal (you can own trees!? you have to drive!?), but she recognized that the reverse was true for her kids. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange visual world of Manhattan--its blackened sidewalk gum wads, "those West Side Story-things" (fire escapes)--its crazily honeycombed systems and grids.
Told through Chast's singularly zany, laugh-out-loud, touching, and true cartoons, Going into Town is part New York stories (the "overheard and overseen" of the island borough), part personal and practical guide to walking, talking, renting, and venting--an irresistible, one-of-a-kind love letter to the city.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Paperback - with flaps
Pages: 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1632869772
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.5 x 8.0 inches
"A meandering map of Chast's hilarious mental approach to her beloved town, with all of its oddball shops, subterranean secrets and an abundance of visual stimulation." --The Washington Post, 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2017
"A wide-eyed love letter to New York." --New York, The Year's Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books
"Chast's voice and vision make this a singular love letter to a singular city." --Kirkus (starred review)
"This book is sure to delight."--Bookish, The Must-Read Books of Fall 2017
"Delivered with obvious and knowing affection and captured with a keenly observant pen." --PW (starred review)

Roz Chast grew up in Brooklyn. Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978, where she has since published more than one thousand. She wrote and illustrated the #1 NYT bestseller (100+ weeks) Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?, a National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize winner and finalist for the National Book Award; What I Hate: From A to Z; and her cartoon collections The Party, After You Left and Theories of Everything.