The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb James Tonra Comes housed in Gatefold Sleeve

Comes housed in Gatefold Sleeve

Washington Post Best Books of the Year

Simultaneously cautionary and celebratory

Kill the monster

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb James Tonra Comes housed in Gatefold SleeveBy R. Crumb. Published by Jonathan Cape. Hardcover, 228 pages, B&W, 2009. Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that we would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible's language, "a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readily to graphic