{"product_id":"royal-city-volume-1-next-of-kin","title":"Jeff Lemire: Royal City Volume 1: Next of Kin [2017] paperback","description":"In his most ambitious and most personal\u003cbr\u003eproject to date, JEFF LEMIRE spins the captivating and engaging story of a\u003cbr\u003efamily from the small factory town of ROYAL CITY and the ghosts that haunt them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a return to the literary and\u003cbr\u003ethematic territory of Lemire's breakthrough graphic novel ESSEX COUNTY,\u003cbr\u003eROYAL CITY follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns\u003cbr\u003eto the once-thriving factory town where he grew up.  Patrick is quickly drawn\u003cbr\u003eback into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing Mother and his\u003cbr\u003ebrow beaten Father, all of whom are still haunted by different versions of his\u003cbr\u003eyoungest brother, Tommy, who drowned decades\u003cbr\u003eago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs each member of the family\u003cbr\u003estruggles to keep themselves above water, it quickly becomes clear that\u003cbr\u003eTommy's death isn't the only dark secret tearing the town, and this\u003cbr\u003efamily, apart at the seams. Can each member of the Pike family come to terms\u003cbr\u003ewith their own guilt over Tommy's death, and make peace with the many\u003cbr\u003eversions of Tommy that still haunt them, or will they all be dragged down below\u003cbr\u003ethe river along with his lingering\u003cbr\u003eghost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROYAL CITY promises to be a\u003cbr\u003esprawling, serialized graphic novel that will chart the lives, loves and losses\u003cbr\u003eof a troubled family and a vanishing town, across three decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeff Lemire is the creator of\u003cbr\u003eDESCENDER (with DUSTIN NGUYEN), AD: AFTER DEATH (with SCOTT SNYDER), ROUGHNECK,\u003cbr\u003eSECRET PATH (with Gord Downie), PLUTONA (with EMI LENNOX), ESSEX COUNTY, SWEET\u003cbr\u003eTOOTH, TRILLIUM, and THE UNDERWATER WELDER.  He had also written celebrated\u003cbr\u003estories featuring Green Arrow, Animal Man, Bloodshot, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Teen\u003cbr\u003eTitans, the Valiant, the X-Men and Inhumans for the major comic book\u003cbr\u003epublishers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollecting issues 1\u003cbr\u003ethrough 5.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lemire, Jeff \u0026 Matthews, Brett \u0026 Cariello, Sergio","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47774445306195,"sku":"XV81534302624","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lemire-jeff-royal-city-volume-1-next-of-kin-xv81534302624-54793568420179.jpg?v=1728276804","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/royal-city-volume-1-next-of-kin","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}