Stripmalling
by Jon Paul Fiorentino, illustrations by Evan Munday
April 2009
ISBN-10: 1-55022-859-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-55022-859-5
5.5 x 8.5 in, 180pp, hardback
Stripmalling is a novel by Jon Paul Fiorentino, illustrated by Evan Munday and published by ECW Press.
It’s now available in bookstores almost everywhere. Click on the book’s cover on the right for a five-page preview of one of the comic book sections, or watch the Stripmalling film trailer below.
About Stripmalling
Stripmalling is the story of one young man’s embarrassing and hilarious journey to literary awareness. Jonny lives and works in a strip mall in suburban Winnipeg. For some people, this would be an exciting and fulfilling life. But Jonny has a dream: he wants to be a writer. He has almost everything he needs to make this dream come true: a supportive girlfriend, an active imagination, and an abundance of subject matter. There is only one obstacle: his own relentless stupidity.
Imagine Proust without all those annoying words and insights. Imagine a book so funny, so clever that even just touching it makes you a smarter, better person. Part journal, part comedy routine, and part graphic novel, Stripmalling is a unique experiment in genre and voice that is ambitious, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny.
‘Stripmalling is the first novel by poet Jon Paul Fiorentino, and a very funny one it is . . . Amid the hilarious scenes that make up Stripmalling — gas-station hot-boxing, desperate ploys for sex, moderate success in the writing world — Fiorentino produces peaks of warmth and true sadness.’ – Globe and Mail
‘Part memoir, part diary, part how-to, part novel, part comic book, this incredibly comedic, somewhat tragic literary work is unlike anything you’ll read, ever.’ – Joe Meno, author of The Boy Detective Fails
