{"product_id":"birdseye-bristoe","title":"Birdseye Bristoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA not-so-classic yarn about a mysterious stranger in a small midwestern town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a story line we know all too well: \"A mysterious stranger comes to town.\" Only the town is not really a town and the stranger is a gigantic cell-phone tower. The town is Birdseye Bristoe-a portmanteau name created from an interstate sign that points to two real towns-and it has only one real permanent resident, an old-timer known as Uncle. A confirmed bachelor and World War II veteran, he owns most of the real estate in town. His teenaged great-niece and -nephew visit occasionally, though the town doesn't have much to offer apart from an adult superstore, a gas station, and a tackle shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle reluctantly agrees to lease his land to a conglomerate of telecommunications carriers, and sets the somewhat random condition that the tower be built with a huge crossbar set horizontally into the mast, making it also the world's largest cross. \u003ci\u003eBirdseye Bristoe \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with the destruction of the cell tower and works backward to unravel the story of its fall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first full-length graphic novel from the acclaimed artist Dan Zettwoch, who is well known for his comic books and anthology work (in \u003ci\u003eKramers Ergot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeasts II\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eDrawn \u0026amp; Quarterly Showcase\u003c\/i\u003e). Zettwoch has a sharp eye for the iconography of small-town USA, and his stylized prose reveals the intermingling of a keen wit and a strong affection for his characters. \u003ci\u003eBirdseye Bristoe \u003c\/i\u003ebrims with larger-than-life personalities, hilarious anecdotes, references to midwestern\/mid-southern pop culture, and diagrams of the cell-tower\/cross construction process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47500032377057,"sku":null,"price":1578.5,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/9033\/0593\/files\/9650473482818.jpg?v=1763760875","url":"https:\/\/perfectbookhouse.com\/products\/birdseye-bristoe","provider":"PERFECT BOOK HOUSE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}