| The Learners: The Book After the Cheese Monkeys Contributor(s): Kidd, Chip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061673242 ISBN-13: 9780061673245 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: From the famed graphic designer and author of "The Cheese Monkeys" comes a remarkable new novel that shows his writing is, once again, every bit as original, stunning, and memorable as his celebrated book jackets. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.14" W x 7.5" (0.44 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Fresh out of college in the summer of 1961, Happy lands his first job as a graphic designer (okay, art assistant) at a small Connecticut advertising agency populated by a cast of endearing eccentrics. Life for Happy seems to be -- well, happy. But when he's assigned to design a newspaper ad recruiting participants for an experiment in the Yale Psychology Department, Happy can't resist responding to the ad himself. Little does he know that the experience will devastate him, forcing a reexamination of his past, his soul, and the nature of human cruelty -- chiefly, his own. Written in sharp, witty prose and peppered with absorbing ruminations on graphic design, The Learners again shows that Chip Kidd's writing is every bit as original, stunning, and memorable as his celebrated book jackets. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kidd, Chip: - Chip Kidd was born in Reading, PA in 1964. He lives in New York City and Stonington, CT. |