Terese Svoboda: Roxy and Coco
Roxy and Coco
Buch
- West Virginia University Press, 02/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781959000068
- Bestellnummer: 11673671
- Umfang: 286 Seiten
- Gewicht: 286 g
- Maße: 203 x 127 mm
- Stärke: 23 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 1.2.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Sisters Roxy and Coco are two glamorous harpies--mythical bird women--attempting to outrun extinction and fix the planet by preventing child abuse, one child at a time.When Roxy is suddenly attracted to her human supervisor at a social work agency a hundred years too early, Coco is very suspicious. Luring Roxy with his scent, Tim is also on the payroll of a fake conservationist intent on her less-than-legal collection. Coco swoops in to vet Tim, but Interpol is hot on her trail for a series of curious homicides. (Surveillance has a very hard time convincing his boss of what he's monitoring.) When the sisters find themselves trapped, Chris, a bipolar skateboarding truant, tries his best to rescue them but it's Stewie, Coco's colleague, who turns the story inside out. Roxy and Coco climaxes at a gala of egg fanciers who scramble to escape the harpies' talons.
Action figure-worthy, for readers of Neil Gaiman and Karen Russell, this modern take on these fabled women touches on mental illness, racism, animal rights, and the rights of children.