Alison Bechdel’s Spent in the NY Times

Alison Bechdel, the protagonist of “Spent,” is a sellout. She is not exactly the same person as Alison Bechdel, the author of “Spent,” whose previous books include the graphic memoir “Fun Home,” an adroit reflection on her relationship with her mortician father. But there are similarities. The fictional Alison also wrote a memoir about her secretive father who embalms dead bodies, but hers is called “Death and Taxidermy” — which should give you an idea of this book’s tone (silly) and its aim (introspection).

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