
I’ve always liked Arno’s drawings. Perusing this book for the 3rd or 5th time, I admired again the accuracy and subtlety of his line. He never uses two lines where one will do. Half a dozen lines combind into a profile show us a complete character, as in an irate 60-something man glaring at the grinning face of some TV huckster. The back cover shows a superbly elegant young man complimenting his hostess: “You do give such perfect parties, Alice. Is there anyone here you’d like to meet?”
This time, I noticed more satiric bite and rage than I recalled from previous readings. One cartoon shows a lion tamer raising his whip against a lion lying cowering on its back. An old lion says, “If only I were twenty years younger and had my teeth!” A comment on animal rights? Yes, and an allegory on human rights, too.
Well worth getting your hands on if you can find a copy. ****
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