The Resource The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters, written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe
The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters, written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe
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The item The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters, written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters, written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "Penn and Lipton Wise have set out to Falter City to make their fortune. It's the future, obviously, and things are pretty grim. The Australian landscape is traumatised. Plague is rampant. Machines only work as well as the poor sod pedaling them. Things are hotter and wetter than they used to be, giving the whole place the vibe of a sweaty armpit. Lippy and Penn are hoping to set up shop in this grimy boom-town, but they've got to stay frosty, because it's teeming with hustlers, swindlers, and scoundrels. It's the sort of place where a lucky moron could make an outrageous fortune in an afternoon and lose it all before bedtime. The sort of place where two enterprising teenagers could really make something of themselves. Or so they say"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters
- Title
- The grot
- Title remainder
- book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters
- Statement of responsibility
- written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe
- Title variation
- Stump City Grifters
- Subject
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- trueSwindlers and swindling
- trueAustralia
- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueBlack market
- trueBrothers
- Cities and towns -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueCity life
- trueClimate change
- Dystopias -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueGraphic novels
- Social stratification -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueSwamps
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Penn and Lipton Wise have set out to Falter City to make their fortune. It's the future, obviously, and things are pretty grim. The Australian landscape is traumatised. Plague is rampant. Machines only work as well as the poor sod pedaling them. Things are hotter and wetter than they used to be, giving the whole place the vibe of a sweaty armpit. Lippy and Penn are hoping to set up shop in this grimy boom-town, but they've got to stay frosty, because it's teeming with hustlers, swindlers, and scoundrels. It's the sort of place where a lucky moron could make an outrageous fortune in an afternoon and lose it all before bedtime. The sort of place where two enterprising teenagers could really make something of themselves. Or so they say"--
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- 10903352
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1981-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grant, Pat
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- McCabe, Fionn
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cities and towns
- Social stratification
- Dystopias
- Australia
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the story of the Swamp City grifters
- Label
- The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters, written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067628973
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781603094665
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1114350444
- Label
- The grot : book one in the story of the Stump City Grifters, written and drawn by Pat Grant ; with colouring by Fionn McCabe
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000067628973
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781603094665
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1114350444
Subject
- trueSwindlers and swindling
- trueAustralia
- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueBlack market
- trueBrothers
- Cities and towns -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueCity life
- trueClimate change
- Dystopias -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueGraphic novels
- Social stratification -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueSwamps
Genre
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.
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