A brilliant graphic novel inspired by Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd by the author of the widely acclaimed Gemma Bovery
Posy Simmonds is the author of many books for adults and children, including Gemma Bovery, Lulu and the Flying Babies and Fred, the film of which was nominated for an Oscar. She has won international awards for her work, including the 2009 Grand prix de la critique bande dessinee for Tamara Drewe and the 2024 Grand Prix at France's Angoulame International Comics festival for a lifetime's achievement. Both Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drewe have been made into successful feature films. Her third graphic novel, Cassandra Darke was published in 2018. She lives in London.
Posy Simmonds is the laureate of English middle-class muddle, a
peerless observer of their romantic confusions, emotional
insecurities and professional vicissitudes. She gets to the heart
of them more incisively and wittily than any number of her
contemporaries... Tamara Drewe offers not only the psychological
intricacy of good fiction but also the pictorial subtlety of
art
*Anthony Quinn*
Simmonds manages to be both sympathetic and merciless...she has a
novelistic insight and ear for dialogue... If civilisation falls
leaving only Tamara Drewe behind, it can be used as a blueprint for
a flawless reconstruction of English village life in the mid-2000s,
right down to the hoodies in the bus shelter
*Daily Telegraph*
Posy Simmonds is a true child of Hogarth, her accomplished cartoons
a merciless commentary on the way we live now
*Sunday Times*
Simmonds is much more than a cartoonist: she makes us realize that
a great cartoonist can be a great artist too
*Prospect*
Posy Simmonds is the laureate of English middle-class muddle, a
peerless observer of their romantic confusions, emotional
insecurities and professional vicissitudes. She gets to the heart
of them more incisively and wittily than any number of her
contemporaries... Tamara Drewe offers not only the
psychological intricacy of good fiction but also the pictorial
subtlety of art -- Mail on Sunday * Anthony Quinn *
Simmonds manages to be both sympathetic and merciless...she has a
novelistic insight and ear for dialogue... If civilisation falls
leaving only Tamara Drewe behind, it can be used as a
blueprint for a flawless reconstruction of English village life in
the mid-2000s, right down to the hoodies in the bus shelter * Daily
Telegraph *
Posy Simmonds is a true child of Hogarth, her accomplished cartoons
a merciless commentary on the way we live now -- Penny Perrick *
Sunday Times *
Simmonds is much more than a cartoonist: she makes us realize that
a great cartoonist can be a great artist too -- Stella Tillyard *
Prospect *
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