Big Jim Antoine Cossé Hope Larson

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A 2020 Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Selection

"Gendry-Kim’s black-and-white art adds to the stark emotional impact of her story

WHEN THE GENTLER PACE AND STILLNESS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE REPLACE THE ROAR OF THE CITY

Big Jim Antoine Cossé Hope LarsonBy Rory McConville & Paddy Lynch. Published by O'Brien Press. Softcover, 80 pages, Colour, 2013 The story of Jim Larkin and the lockout of Dublin workers in 1913 led by William Martin Murphy, told in graphic novel form. On August 26th 1913, the trams of Dublin stopped. The Great Dublin Lockout had begun. Over the next four months, James Larkin would lead the workers of Dublin against William Martin Murphy and the Employers Federation in a conflict