THE ACME NOVELTY DATE BOOK: 2002-2023

After more than fifteen years of postponements, delays, and vacillation, F. C. Ware, that fervent defender of paper and ink, finally yields to an imaginary public pressure by bringing his tedious experiment in reader trust to a close; he delivers here the third and final volume of secret notebooks and sketches spanning thirty-seven years of bus rides, waiting in airports, and hold music.

Artfully exquisite scribbles, carefully chosen ramblings, and artisanal rewrites of personal conflicts pepper these pages; they unconsciously reveal private animosities and unflattering portraits of public transit commuters, all carefully expurgated of any incriminating or litigious traces. As a professional illustrator and regular contributor to The New Yorker and Le Monde, Mr. Ware confirms his reputation as a narrator of his own life who is as reliable as he is unpredictable, willing to say or write anything to win petty squabbles and imaginary arguments.

A 208-page, full-color work, enriched with annotations, an introduction, and professional apologies, featuring a hardcover and a cloth spine that appear deceptively prim, concealing an intrinsic lewdness.

Book in English.