Title: V for Vendetta
First published: 1988
Description: A seminal graphic novel that defined sophisticated storytelling, Alan Moore's best-selling V For Vendetta is a terrifying portrait of totalitarianism and resistance, superbly illustrated by artist David Lloyd. The graphic novel that inspired the hit movie V For Vendetta is a powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality.Set in a futuristic totalitarian England, a country without political freedom, personal freedom and precious little faith in anything,a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil. - Publisher.
Subjects: Fiction, Graphic novels, Comic books, strips, Politics and government, Anarchism, England in fiction, Great Britain in fiction, Totalitarianism in fiction, English Science fiction, Totalitarianism, Anarchism in fiction, Comics & graphic novels, crime & mystery, Literature, nyt:paperback-graphic-books=2009-03-29, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Comics & graphic novels, general, nyt:hardcover-graphic-books=2009-09-27, Comics & graphic novels, literary, Comics & graphic novels, dystopian, Anarchism--fiction, Vendetta, Vendetta--england--comic books, strips, etc, Anarchism--comic books, strips, etc, Totalitarianism--comic books, strips, etc, Basic reader, Pn6737.m66 v2 2005, 741.5/941
Places: Great Britain, England
Time periods: 1979-1997