The Cheese Monkeys Lib/E : A Novel in Two Semesters (CD-Audio)

from Magus_Manders

I was excited just to see this book on the library shelf. The fantastic, intricate, unique cover was clearly 100% Kidd, and the story inside matched my excitement. The novel follows an unnamed freshman studying Art in the late '50s, and discovering Design. The characters were wildly, obsessively ...

from juliechabon

Helpless, sheltered art student runs into reality on his first away from home and gets a real education. A great cast includes a loony drawing teacher, a fragile southern deb, our main young man, and his reckless rebellious girlfriend. Best character is the pitiless, angry design teacher, humilia...

from howifeelaboutbooks

I'll be honest - I picked up this book because it had an interesting layout and cryptic words printed on the spine. Kidd is a graphic designer, which explains the book's physical beauty, but he's also an excellent writer. The book tells the story of a reluctant art major who is driven by two girl...

from megamegpie

Kidd takes and time and captures it perfectly. He has put art school in a tiny time capsule for anybody to enjoy and appreciate. My all time favorite book.

from wunderkind

I picked this up on a whim at Powell's because I liked the title (which doesn't really mean anything, by the way). It's got mixed reviews here on LT, but I don't really understand why. "The Cheese Monkeys" is about a freshman at an unnamed state university in the late 1950s: "Majoring in Art at t...