Tamara Drewe Michael J. Wilson encouraging

encouraging

Luke Kruger-Howard

battled a stubborn pig of a boss

Their playdates are little oases of wildness

Ma’s writing style feels like reading someone’s personal memories

Tamara Drewe Michael J. Wilson encouragingBy Posy Simmonds. Published by Jonathan Cape. Softcover, 136 pages, Colour, 2009. A brilliant new graphic novel inspired by Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, by the author of the widely acclaimed Gemma Bovery. Winner of the Grand Prix 2009 de la Critique Bande Dessine. Tamara Drewe has transformed herself. Plastic surgery, a different wardrobe, a smouldering look, have given her confidence and a new and thrilling power to attract, which she uses