Book description
In the summer of 1966, aspiring artist Kevin Sacco learns that his family is moving from New York City to London-and that he will be attending
Sevenoaks, a traditional boarding school in the English countryside.
At first considered a "Yank" outsider with limited academic or sports acumen, Sacco gradually comes…
Why read it?
1 author picked Sevenoaks as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I met Kevin Sacco when he was an advertising storyboard artist. Kevin knew how to sell the story of an ad simply and dramatically in a series of graphic panels with an economy of words. In Sevenoaks, I see the same brain at work. His book is based on his life: a ‘60s-era New York City high school kid sent to an elite private school outside London. Sacco’s distinctive elongated and restrained figures, beautifully drawn geometric and airy cityscapes, and genial pace can lull one into a sense of calm, so that his moments of high and even magical…
From Stan's list on The best graphic auto-fiction, from memoir to magic realism.
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