{"product_id":"black-hole-a-graphic-novel-037542380x","title":"Black Hole: A Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 037542380X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Burns, Charles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?The best graphic novel of the year? (Time) tells the story of a strange plague devastating the lives of teenagers in mid-1970s suburban Seattle, revealing the horrifying nature of high school alienation-the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety, and the ennui.We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area?s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways-from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable)-but once you?ve got it, that?s it. There?s no turning back.As we inhabit the heads of several key characters-some kids who have it, some who don?t, some who are about to get it-what unfolds isn?t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it , or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself.And then the murders start.As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it-back when it wasn?t exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird.To say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51536422273312,"sku":"NEW037542380X","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61XptpsqXbL.jpg?v=1777414693","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/black-hole-a-graphic-novel-037542380x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}