V for Vendetta

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

Times: 1979-1997