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Cover of A History of ViolenceNominee1998

A History of Violence

by John Wagner and Vince Locke

Nominated. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

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History, Crime and mystery
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Vertigo / 286 pages / ISBN 9781563893674
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