![]() ![]() Cherry’s odious husband Jerome has made a bet with his even more repellent friend Manfred that the latter will not be able to seduce his wife over a 100 day period. This time it centres on the relationship between the titular maid Hero and her lover Cherry. Set in the same fictional universe as that original work – but entirely accessible as a standalone offering – The One Hundred Nights of Hero makes use of a similar plot structure to delve once more into the fantastical lives and locations of this captivating realm. I described it then here as “a heady mix of the spellbinding, the poignant, the wacky and, at times, the heartbreaking, this is a book worth both the wait and the hype that has surrounded its release.” It used the tale of two ill-fated lovers as a framing device to explore this unrecorded period of Earth’s history with Greenberg adapting and re-imagining stories from myth, religious sources and legend. Back in 2013 Isabel Greenberg was the winner of the Breakout Talent category in our annual Broken Frontier Awards for her much lauded debut graphic novel The Encyclopedia of Early Earth published by Jonathan Cape. ![]()
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