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Crooked Little Vein
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I would have read this even if Joss Whedon hadn’t recommended it. First things first. Warren Ellis is an incredibly successful and prolific graphic novelist. He’s used to writing punchy, to-the-point dialogue that conveys a whole lot of meaning in a little tiny bubble. His first novel is like one giant dialogue bubble. 275 pages dedicated to a story that centers around a down on his luck detective (that’s the hard boiled part), an unwilling magnet for all that is obscene, who’s given the impossible job by White House Chief of Staff (loves to shoot heroin while listening to Enya), to recover a “Secret Constitution” that was lost by Richard Nixon in a whorehouse. Enough said. (Fic Ellis W) Located on the second floor of the Library in our fiction collection.
Written by Warren Ellis, 2007. Other works by Ellis include graphic novels such as Lonely City, Transmetropolitan and Ultimate Fantastic Four.
