Teddy O’Connor, my friend and collaborator, has finished page 1 of the graphic interconnected stories (comic?) that we’re doing, called Foxes. He sent this over to me. It’s blank as I’ll be adding the text in later, but this is how the story begins.
I love it.
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Edinburgh is in print from the good people at Picador. Here are some reactions to it:
…Alexander Chee’s Edinburgh, fucking incredible son of a bitch...
— Junot Diaz, over at Austinist
Alexander Chee is the best new novelist I’ve seen in some time. Edinburgh is moody, dramatic—and pure.
— Edmund White
Edinburgh has the force of a dream and the heft of a life. And Alexander Chee is a brilliant new writer.
— Annie Dillard
Haunting… complex… sophisticated. [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words.
— The New York Times Book Review
A coming-of-age novel in the grand Romantic tradition, where passions run high, Cupid stalks Psyche, and love shares the dance floor with death . . . A lovely, nuanced, never predictable portrait of a creative soul in the throes of becoming.
— The Washington Post Book World
Chee is a gifted, poetic writer who takes big risks…This novel marks the debut of a major talent whose career will bear watching.
— Publishers Weekly
A striking debut…A complex story told with skill and intensity, but also filled with moments when agony and extraordinary beauty somehow coexist.
— Kirkus Reviews
A complex, sophisticated, elegant investigation of trauma and desire - like a white hot flame.— Joyce Hackett, in the Guardian UK
A second novel will be out soon, but not really soon, as it is still being edited. When it appears, it will be called "The Queen of the Night" and say "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt" on the spine, plus my name. Details will appear here and also on alexanderchee.net.
We have no idea when it will be done, it should be said.
Whoa.
“Whoa” was just what I was going to say. Um, write.
Thanks, guys. The script for the first issue is done, and I’m working on the second, just…for the record.
the artwork is rad… i look forward to seeing how this project develops.
Beautiful. Reminds me of a comic drama my mom read in the 70′s. Something with Marin County and I found the whole thing rather sexy.
When will I be able to buy it for the stores….hint hint. Get crackin!
I’m kind of blown away.
Shouldn’t the guy’s hair be red? Or is he not the Fox. Anyone going to morph or use magic? After finishing Edinburgh, I will never look at a Fox the same way.
Thanks, everyone. John, the guy in the last frame is about to morph. He just doesn’t know it yet. And that’s all I can say.
The red hair isn’t where you can see it, also. And that again is about all I can say…
Very cool. It’s at once graphic and photographic. And I love his hair.