Spent

The celebrated and beloved bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud and passionately political work of autofiction In this hilariously skewering comic novel, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a country on the brink of civil war. From her pygmy goat farm in Vermont, she wonders- Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathing memoir about her own greed and privilege? Meanwhile, Alison's first graphic memoir about growing up with her taxidermist father has been adapted into a highly successful TV series, Death and Taxidermy. It's a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group. As the TV show racks up Emmy after Emmy, Alison's own envy spirals. Why couldn't she be the writer for a wildly popular reality TV series which shows people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?! Spent's rollicking and masterful final act makes the case for seizing what's true about life in the world at this moment before it's too late, and once again proves that "nobody does it better" (New York Times) than the real Alison Bechdel.