{"product_id":"notes-from-a-defeatist","title":"Notes from a Defeatist","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore Joe Sacco crafted his two major works of 'cartoon journalism', \u003cem\u003ePalestine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSafe Area Gorazde\u003c\/em\u003e, he created a number of shorter pieces, ranging from one-page gags to thirty-page 'graphic novelettes'. This book finally collects the entirety of Sacco's earlier journalistic and autobiographical work, plus a sizeable serving of his satirical strips, many of them never before collected in book form. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe centrepieces in \"Notes from a Defeatist\" are a triptych of war stories: \"When Good Bombs Happen to Bad People\", a history of aerial bombing that specifically targets civilian populations; \"More Women, More Children, More Quickly\", in which Sacco relates his mother's harrowing experiences during World War II in Malta; and, most personally (and closest to Sacco's later work), \"How I Loved the War\", Sacco's impassioned but sardonic reflection on the GulfWar, the surrounding propaganda and media circus, and his own ambivalent feelings as both a spectator and commentator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from a Defeatist\u003c\/em\u003e also includes a roadie's-eye view of an American punk band's eventful European tour, a reminiscence of an awful season spent in his native Malta, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JOE SACCO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44995493756975,"sku":"9780224072700","price":999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780224072700.jpg?v=1772242861","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/notes-from-a-defeatist","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}