Red Rascal's War: A Doonesbury Book (Volume 33)

Red Rascal's War: A Doonesbury Book (Volume 33)

<DIV><p>Readers and critics were wowed by G. B. Trudeau's epic masterpiece <i>40: A Doonesbury Retrospective</i>, and they'll rejoice when they see this beautiful follow-up volume. Featuring an innovative format and an all-new collection of strips, <i>Red Rascal's War</i> is the first all-color <i>Doonesbury</i> book ever. </p><p>Both Trudeau and his fans have followed <i>Doonesbury</i>'s ever-expanding cast through four decades of cultural turbulence and change. With its arresting cover and rich interior, <i>Red Rascal's War</i> showcases the most recent additions to a body of work the <i>New York Times</i> admiringly refers to as "a sprawling masterwork."</p><p>"[Trudeau is] Dickensian in his range of characters," writes Garry Wills in <i>The New York Review of Books</i>. "Trudeau has just kept improving, year after year, in part because he stays so close to changing events. . . . He has never been better than in the last six years."</p><p>From the exploits of Afghan legend-in-chief Sorkh Razil to the pipe dreams of Malibu's top nanny Zonker Harris, and from the "no more chill pills" intervention by Obama's aides to the way-cool love of a headbanging war vet and his MIT-grad gal, <i>Doonesbury</i> marches wildly on.</p><p>"What else is guaranteed to make you think, feel nostalgic, and laugh out loud at least once a page?" --Karen Holt, <i>O Magazine</i></p></div>