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The Night Bookmobile
Fine Books Review
Author and book artist Audrey Niffenegger’s beguiling graphic novel about bibliomania By Rebecca Rego Barry Rebecca Rego Barry is the editor of this magazine.
The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
The Night Bookmobile
Audrey Niffenegger;
Abrams ComicArts;
40 pages with 40 full-color illustrations;
jacketed hardcover;
$19.95
In reading Audrey Niffenegger’s new graphic novel, The Night Bookmobile, I could not help but think of Borges’ famous quote, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” In this combination of pen-and-ink drawings and prose, Niffenegger tells the story of a conflicted young woman named Lexi who discovers a camper full of books during a late-night walk through the streets of Chicago.
The creepy driver, Mr. Openshaw, invites her aboard.
The bookmobile, as Lexi discovers, contains every book she has ever read, from her childhood diary to college