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An out‑of‑control teenager in the 1930s dreams of murdering her mother, whom she blames for disappearing after her father—a police officer—was killed. The mother, now working for a weary private‑eye, becomes entangled in a case involving a mysterious client. As she digs deeper, the story unfolds across a decade of deception and dual identities, stretching from the Depression era to World War II Hollywood and the jungles of the South Pacific.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Jules Feiffer
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