SOMETHING IN THE WATER

Sharks circle sinisterly in Everything is Teeth by Eve Wyld and Joe Sumner

When she was a child, sharks, finned and sinister, lurked through Eve Wyld’s dreams and nightmares. Holidays were spent with her family in Australia, where butcher birds and magpies lived on the veranda, the air smelt of eucalyptus and the sea was alive with threat of an attack. In this original graphic memoir, Wyld tells the story of her obsession and fascination with the shark, and charts the undercurrents, tensions and joys of family life. Model-maker Joe Sumner’s illustrations, full of tension and grace, are a haunting accompaniment. (Jonathan Cape)…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, 1-Aug-2015

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