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In Alison BechdelÕs hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege? Meanwhile, AlisonÕs first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. ItÕs a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from BechdelÕs beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For).As the TV show Death and Taxidermy racks up Emmy after EmmyÑand when AlisonÕs Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viralÑAlisonÕs own envy spirals. Why couldnÕt she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV showÉlike Queer Eye...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!SpentÕs rollicking and masterful denouementÑmaking the case for seizing whatÕs true about life in the world at this moment, before itÕs too lateÑonce again proves that Ònobody does it betterÓ (New York Times Book Review) than the real Alison Bechdel.