Self-Esteem and the End of the World

Observer Graphic Novel of the Month

Luke Healy

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Faber & Faber
16 July 2024

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'Hilarious ... there's no one else quite like him working today.'

RACHEL COOKE, Observer Graphic Novel of the month

'Full of unexpected laughs; at once both absurd and sincere.'

SOPHIE YANOW, author of The Contradictions

'A joy to read.' RAFEL FRUMKIN, author of Confidence

The funniest, most moving and expansive graphic novel yet from the acclaimed author of The Con Artists and Americana.

'Who is Luke Healy?'

For over ten years, a graphic novelist called Luke Healy has invested all of his self-esteem into his career. Then, almost overnight, just as his brother is getting married, both seem to vanish.

Spiralling and lacking purpose, he searches for identity - in self-help books, replacement jobs and human connection - and visits cheesy British hotels and abandoned Greek islands.

Set against the backdrop of a dangerously changing global climate, with melting ice-caps and flooding cities, Self-Esteem and the End of the World spans two decades of tragicomic self-discovery until the unlikely prospect of a Hollywood revival of Luke's work comes into view - but what might be the cost?

'One of the finest cartoonists working today.' James Sturm

By: Luke Healy
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9780571375608
ISBN 10: 057137560X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 16 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Luke Healy was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he also received a BA in Journalism. He holds an MFA in cartooning from the centre for Cartooning Studies in Vermont, USA, and his two previous books, The Con Artists and Americana, were both named as Guardian Books of the Year.