The Wreck

A brilliant and exceptionally well-observed illustrated novel about life, friendship, coupledom, middle age, dreams, success, envy and desire. Lizzy Stewart writes as beautifully as she draws -- India Knight
A rich, gorgeous, glorious novel about friendship, love and art. I wanted to live in its pages -- Claire Powell, author of AT THE TABLE
[A] houseshare horror story… Stewart is brilliant at capturing the glorious intimacies of close friendships as well as their pitfalls -- Killian Fox * Observer *Graphic Novel of the Month* *
A novel I have recently loved to bits. By the inimitable Lizzy Stewart... Friendship, ambition, class, houses, the 1970s - 1990s, love, and coloured illustrations, of course. She’s so damn good -- Jessie Burton, author of THE MINIATURIST
Satisfyingly detailed and juicy, it’s an utter treat and I will be giving a copy to my best friend -- Amy Liptrot, author of THE OUTRUN
The Wreck is a completely magnetic piece of work. In her story of two couples, Stewart explores class, desire, friendship, ambition and the endless mysteries of human behaviour with fearless clarity -- Sophie Elmhirst, author of MAURICE AND MARALYN
Glorious... it perfectly captures the disaffection and disappointments of early mid-life... beautifully nuanced... If you think you don’t read graphic novels, Lizzy Stewart will make you reconsider. -- Sam Baker * The Shift *
Lizzy Stewart’s characters feel to me like friends. I want to have a drink with them, hug them, shake them…. The Wreck is a tender and wise portrait of love and friendship that ponders with an astonishingly light touch big questions to do with who we are and how we live. She’s done it again! -- Chloë Ashby, author of SECOND SELF
The art is exquisite, it's incisive on class and careers and relationships, and it's a real page-turner -- Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A GHOST IN THE THROAT
A beautiful, poignant study of friendship as it shifts from light to shade and back again over a lifetime. Lizzy Stewart’s characters are so finely drawn that we see and feel their every move. The Wreck is a brilliantly insightful tale of careful manners and caustic undercurrents, all wrapped up in the disheveled tastefulness of the country house. Utterly charming, with a thrillingly critical edge. -- Alex Hyde