Tales from Outer Suburbia

About this book

Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant perceptive and goofy. Through a series of captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories Tan explores the precious strangeness of our existence. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban existence filtered through a wickedly Monty Pythonesque lens. Whether its discovering that the world really does stop at the end of the citys map book or a familys lesson in tolerance through an alien cultural exchange student Tans deft sweet social satire brings us face-to-face with the humor and absurdity of modern life.