5/23/2023 0 Comments Mister Wonderful by Daniel ClowesA captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name. Not, at least, if they want the prospect of a second date. And, of course, there is.ĭuring the extremely long night that follows, Marshall and Natalie are emotionally tested in ways that two people who just met really should not be. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. She's too good to be true: attractive, young, intelligent, and she seems to be seriously engaged with what Marshall has to say. In Mister Wonderful, a new book from Daniel Clowes originally serialized in the New York Times, Marshall, divorced and unemployed, sits alone in a café waiting for Natalie, his blind date. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Mister Wonderful: A Love Story at. She takes a seat, to Marshall's utter amazement. Then, after nearly an hour, when he's long since given up hope, Natalie appears - breathless, apologising profusely that she went to the wrong place. (He wasn't going to drink!) Forty minutes. Who was he kidding anyway? Divorced, middle-aged, newly unemployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn't exactly what you'd call a catch. He's been set up by his friend Tim on a blind date with someone named Natalie, and now he's just feeling set up. Daniel Clowes ApClowes was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an auto mechanic mother and a furniture craftsman father. Shortlisted in the 2012 Angoulême Official Selection The fan-favourite and Eisner Award-winning story, originally serialised in The New York Times Magazine, now collected and with forty pages of new material.
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