num_pages: 96
description: Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant perceptive and goofy. Through a series of captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories Tan explores the precious strangeness of our existence. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban existence filtered through a wickedly Monty Pythonesque lens. Whether its discovering that the world really does stop at the end of the citys map book or a familys lesson in tolerance through an alien cultural exchange student Tans deft sweet social satire brings us face-to-face with the humor and absurdity of modern life.
language: English
title: Tales from Outer Suburbia
publisher: McClelland & Stewart