My Friend Dahmer (Movie Tie-In Edition)
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My Friend Dahmer (Movie Tie-In Edition) by Derf Backderf
In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche-a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and readers will never forget. This new paperback edition will coincide with the release of the movie adaptation of My Friend Dahmer and will include additional bonus content from the author archives.
"A thoughtful adaptation of his schoolmate John Backderf's Robert Crumb-styled graphic novel, rich with detail and regret, it deconstructs the perfect storm of failures -by family, by friends, in his school life-that let him slip[...] A humane film, this takes its responsibility as a true story seriously, without the luridness or cheap jump scares of Ed Gein (2000). Shot in Dahmer's utterly suburban childhood home, and cleaving tightly to Backderfs wish to bear witness, it's an exquisite dissection of how monsters are not only born, but also made." -- Sight & Sound magazine
"Based on the graphic novel memoir by Derf Backderf – a fair-weather friend of Dahmer’s from high school – Meyers’ film is a ghoulishly funny and profoundly sad portrait of a future killer." -- Total Film
"Based on the graphic novel memoir by Derf Backderf – a fair-weather friend of Dahmer’s from high school – Meyers’ film is a ghoulishly funny and profoundly sad portrait of a future killer." -- Total Film
Derf Backderf is the bestselling, award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, and the recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for political cartooning. His weekly comic strip, The City, appeared in more than one hundred newspapers over the past twenty-two years. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781419727559 |
| ISBN 10 | 1419727559 |
| Title | My Friend Dahmer (Movie Tie-In Edition) |
| Author | Derf Backderf |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Abrams |
| Year published | 2017-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for The Harvey Awards 2018 (United States) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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