The Cartoon Life and Loves of a Stupid Man

Marc Joan

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Deixis Press
28 November 2023

Thriller & suspense; Horror & ghost stories; Fantasy; Graphic novels: history & criticism

"FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED HANGDOG SOULS

As an independent comic book store owner and the heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, Philippe Favrier lives a life that straddles the real world and the realm of fiction. Struggling with mental illness, Philippe relies on his wife, Marilyne – a successful surgeon with her own haunting secrets – and a groundbreaking drug his father developed. Bound by their shared pain, they navigate their haunted lives, forever shadowed by the heart-rending loss of their baby, Antoine.

Their fragile world begins to crumble when Philippe catches a disturbing glimpse of an unfamiliar profile in the mirror. And his uneasiness is further fueled by an anonymous comic strip that arrives at his store, featuring a character bearing an eerie resemblance to him.

Is Marilyne hiding an affair? Is she connected to the comic strip that's tormenting him? As he probes deeper, Philippe is drawn into a web of deception, where the lines between reality and imagination blur – until his investigations into Marilyne and the malicious comic artist at last reveal the tragic truth.

PRAISE FOR HANGDOG SOULS

'The absorbing winter escape of a read that I had been seeking' -Prashanth Gopalan, Strange Horizons

'Riddled with mysteries, the darkest of human emotions, and it is a book that will instigate curiosity, yet send a shiver down your spine each moment you turn a page' -India Today

'I find the astonishing stories collected -- and arranged chronologically by historical era -- to be consistently enthralling, amazing, and powerful. They are beautifully written and filled with both sharp characterizations of conflicted, complicated people and rich, multi-layered detail about the states, landscapes, history, and lingering myths of southern India. . . . I recommend Hangdog Souls heartily to all thoughtful readers who long to be immersed in a fulsomely realized world that skillfully combines very old mythologies and phenomenally new reflections on what they can still mean' -Jerrold E. Hogle, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, University of Arizona

'A complex and wildly ambitious novel which makes no apologies for bringing together contrasting genres and influences - from historical fiction to the Gothic, from intergenerational family drama to ""realist"" fiction, from supernatural horror to sci-fi, all infused with elements of philosophy, myth and spiritualism and conveyed in rich and beautiful prose' -Ends of the World"

By: Marc Joan
Imprint: Deixis Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781739708184
ISBN 10: 1739708180
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marc Joan, a biomedical scientist, is the author of the literary horror epic Hangdog Souls and the psychological thriller The Cartoon Life and Loves of a Stupid Man, as well as a number of award-winning and award-nominated short stories published in numerous magazines and journals. Marc was raised in South India, and he now lives in England.

Reviews for The Cartoon Life and Loves of a Stupid Man

"""A dark, gripping and moving book ... I was certainly not disappointed by Marc's second book. Just as with the first, it combines exquisite writing with page-turning suspense"" Amazon, 5* ""A beautifully crafted and disturbing novel ... I found it hard to put down. Unlike anything else I have read and hard to categorise -disturbing, unsettling, entertaining, darkly humorous"" Amazon, 5* ""I love love love this book. It is so deranged and smart and creative. I would definitely recommend this to horror fans and those who love deep psychological stuff and unlikable main characters"" Amazon, 5* ""Utterly magnificent ... Joan is a master craftsman, every sentence is meticulously constructed, surgical in its preciseness"" Amazon, 5* ""I was totally sucked in ... well written and plotted, and progressively claustrophobic"" Amazon, 5*"