Author:Simon Grennan
England, 1873. John Caldigate, a young gentleman, gets into debt gambling and decides to try his luck in the gold fields of New South Wales. On the outward journey, he promises to marry Mrs Smith, a divorced actress who is travelling in the same ship. Returning home a rich man, John marries Hester, the sweetheart he left behind. Soon, Mrs Smith also returns from Australia, penniless, and claims that she is already his wife.
Inspired by Anthony Trollope’s 1879 novel John Caldigate, Dispossession embeds the reader in a uniquely wrought experience of the mid-nineteenth century, including the first ever appearance of the Aboriginal Wiradjuri language in a graphic novel.
Taking unique advantage of the graphic form to conjure the material world of the Victorian era in a glittering waltz of intense colour and deep shadow, Dispossession is a virtuoso and intensely affecting graphic novel by a master visual storyteller.
Grennan has a special interest in the 19th century, and his book is full of feeling for the period… Richly satisfying.
—— Rachel Cooke , ObserverBrilliant and dizzying graphic novel… Such subtlety makes this a novel of remarkable power, written and drawn with humour and dark authority. It is a work that disturbs one’s self-possession, catching the “perhapses” that characterize both Trollope’s world and our own.
—— Sophie Ratcliffe , Times Literary SupplementStep Aside, Pops is going to be a smash hit in the bookstores.
—— Rich Johnston , Bleeding CoolA genius wit railing against the tropes of literature, a brilliantly skewed look at history, or even a sharply funny feminist comic strip; no matter how you come to this, you’ll fall a little bit in love with it.
—— Bookmunch[Beaton’s] jousting with history’s all-too-human figures makes for delicious jests.
—— Michael Cavna , Washington Post SundaySally Heathcote: Suffragette is a graphic novel for people who don’t like graphic novels, and a history book for people who don’t like history. Read it.
—— Rosie Hopegood , SkinnyA gripping read.
—— Emerald StreetA comprehensive and penetrating social analysis. Illuminating and provocative, this is serious, relevant history told with heart, guts and speech bubbles.
—— Larushka Ivan-Zadeh , MetroStunning... A visceral and deeply moving tale.
—— Doug Johnstone , Big IssueA fascinating new graphic novel… It’s a cliché to say a picture is worth a thousand words. But graphic novels remind us that it’s a cliché because sometimes it’s true.
—— Anna Carey , Irish TimesA powerful book, a real eye opener… A triumph.
—— BookmunchThe power and passion of the campaign is vividly brought to life by the dynamic illustrations.
—— Twin MagazineA fascinating graphic novel charting the rise of the suffragette movement through the eyes of a servant who embraces the cause.
—— Megan Farr , Wales OnlineAn informative but accessible read.
—— Antonello Sticca , Total PoliticsCommunicates elaborate ideas in deceptively simple ways
—— Antonello Sticca , Total PoliticsWonderful graphic novel.
—— Arifa Akbar , IndependentThe storyline is exciting and well thought out to give a wide overview of the suffrage movement. I was very pleasantly surprised.
—— Lattice , GuardianA seamless blend of historical fact and fiction ... The illustrations are full of energy and expression.
—— Jacqui Agate , Independent
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