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In 1972, the rock’n’roll messiah ZIGGY STARDUST was born. His
provocative play on sexual identity and gender roles laid the
foundation for David Bowie’s ascent to becoming one of the most
successful pop musicians of all time. Reinhard Kleist’s STARMAN
weaves the gripping tale of this outrageous character’s genesis,
rise, and fall, as well as of David Bowie’s hapless efforts in
the London music scene before Ziggy’s arrival, and of the
struggles he experienced with his own creation at the height of his
fame. As Bowie transforms himself, ever more frenetically, into the
egocentric rock star he first conceived, the extravagant lifestyle
he had only ever imagined threatens to engulf him, and bring
everything down before his eyes… [This publication has not been
prepared, approved, authorized or licensed by the David Bowie
estate or any related entity.]
Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a
Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output always
uncompromising, hypnotic, and intense is defined by an
extraordinary gift for storytelling. In Nick Cave: Mercy on Me,
Reinhard Kleist employs a cast of characters drawn from Cave's
music and writing to tell the story of a formidable artist and
influencer. Kleist paints an expressive and enthralling portrait of
Cave's childhood in Australia; his early years fronting The
Birthday Party; the sublime highs of his success with The Bad
Seeds; and the crippling lows of his battle with heroin. Capturing
everything from Cave's frenzied performances in Berlin to the
tender moments he spent with love and muse Anita Lane, Kleist's
graphic biography, like Cave's songs, is by turns electrifying,
sentimental, morbid, and comic but always engrossing.
The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in
1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten
days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at
Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In Knock
Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a
bisexual black athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s
America, found success in the world of boxing. This is the story of
a fierce and ambitious fighter, and of a knock-out blow that ended
one life and changed a second forever.
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In October 1958, a young German journalist arrives in Havana, Cuba,
and sets out to meet and interview Fidel Castro on behalf of a
German newspaper. He finds himself in a country plunged into
revolution. From the viewpoint of this young journalist, Kleist
presents a detailed look at the life and politics of the Cuban
'Maximo Lider' Fidel Castro, from his childhood to the present day.
Beautifully realised in Kleist's bold, striking style, Castro is a
unique portrait of one of the most enduring and controversial
figures in modern history.
In his graphic biography Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist
paints an expressive and enthralling portrait of the musician,
novelist, poet, and actor. It is, according to Nick Cave himself,
"a complex, chilling and completely bizarre journey into Cave
World." Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: An Art Book collects
Kleist's moody and expressive portraits of the musician and his
band, spanning 30 years of writing, recording, and live
performance. Kleist also returns readers to Cave's imaginative
world with comic book reimaginings of "Deanna," "The Good Son," and
"Stagger Lee." Filled with visual delights, this record-size art
book is a kaleidoscopic portrait of Nick Cave's wide-ranging career
as a storyteller, musician, and cultural icon.
Poland,1941. Sixteen-year-old Hertzko Haft is sent to Auschwitz.
Separated from his family and his fiancee, he draws a will to
survive from the thought of seeing them again. His ability to
survive, though, comes from something else - a unique talent. When
Haft is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of
the SS officers, he knows the price of a loss. But his
extraordinary physicality and skill make Haft a formidable boxer,
and he manages to escape death. As the Soviet Army advances in
April 1945, he manages to escape the Nazis as well. After the war,
Haft emigrates to the US and earns a living as a heavyweight
prizefighter. But his new-found fame fails to reunite him with the
fiancee he left behind in Poland. Finally, after losing to
heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in 1949, Haft retires from the
ring. Soon after, he is married, and building a new life for
himself in Brooklyn, New York. The Boxer is a gripping and complex
graphic novel - a powerful and moving story about love and the will
to survive.
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