{"product_id":"9781770462779","title":"One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry","description":"Inspired  by  a  16th-century  Zen monk s painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long  scroll,  acclaimed  cartoonist Lynda  Barry  confronts  various  demons from her life in seventeen full colour  vignettes.  In  Barry s  hand, demons  are  the  life  moments  that haunt  you,  form  you  and  stay  with you:  your  worst  boyfriend;  kickball games  on  a  warm  summer  night; watching  your  baby  brother  dance; the  smell  of  various  houses  in  the neighbourhood  you  grew  up  in;  or the  day  you  realize  your  childhood is  long  behind  you  and  you are officially a teenager.  As a  cartoonist, Lynda Barry has the  innate ability to zero in  on  the essence  of  truth, a  magical quality that has made her book One! Hundred! Demons! an enduring  classic of the early 21st century. In the book s intro, however,  Barry  throws  the idea  of  truth  out  of  the  window  by asking  the  reader to decide if  fiction can  have  truth  and if  autobiography can  have  a fiction, a hybrid that Barry coins  autobiofictionalography.   As readers  get to know  Barry s  demons, they  realize that  the  actual  truth no  longer matters because the universality of Barry s comics, true or  untrue  reigns supreme.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303421653365,"sku":"9781770462779","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781770462779.jpg?v=1762794401","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781770462779","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}