false 16792 8 In his grandfather's seaside arcade, a young boy encounters a mysterious Punch & Judy man with a dark past and a woman who makes her living playing a mermaid. As their stories unfold, the boy must confront family secrets, strange puppets and a nightmarish world of violence and betrayal. Second printing. Graphic novel format. 2837169 1994 The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch total:1459|5:9|4:3|3:7|2:1|1:1| 1459 5579 2018 46 3 2 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 17:19:40 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 05:46:08 -0700 2008 The Magicians of Caprona. All that happened was that the boy and girl main characters were changed into Punch and Judy and had to perform for the Duchess and Duke. Even with Gaiman explaining ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 22 08:06:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 16:27:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:48:48 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 19:37:49 -0700 2009 1 The cover is itself a work of art and the illustrations and overall design are just perfect. They are as adequate to the way the story is told as I have ever seen. (tho...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 09:56:32 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 22:13:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:38:11 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:33:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 12:41:27 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 13:45:45 -0700 2007 The narrator recalls a summer of his youth spent with his grandparents at his grandfather’s failing seaside arcade, where he mee...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 05:51:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 05:55:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:43:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:51:05 -0700 2009 They have brilliantly captured the feeling of childhood innocence dealing with 'knowing too much'.

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