Cruddy: A Novel

Type

Book

Authors

Barry, Lynda

ISBN 10

0684829746

ISBN 13

9780684829746

Tags

Graphic Novels, Contemporary, Teenagers--Drug use, Teenagers--Suicidal behavior, Diary fiction

Abstract

A psycho-killer's daughter narrates her gory youth. Disguised as a boy she accompanies her father on his murderous jobs, during which she pretends to be a mute so as not to give away her voice. One of the more memorable tasks is disposing of dead mobsters in a slaughterhouse.

Description

An unusual mixture of text and graphics from a prizewinning cartoonist chronicles the difficult and harsh world of Roberta Rohbeson, a misfit eighth grader coping with idiotic boys and an insane mother and father. A first novel. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Diary fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Barry, Lynda, 1956-
Cruddy.
New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1999
(OCoLC)607396709
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lynda Barry
ISBN: 0684829746 9780684829746 9780684838465 068483846X
OCLC Number: 41118851
Description: 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Responsibility: by Lynda Barry.

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