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Cages

by Dave McKean · 1991

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McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Their lives and stories intertwine and relate inevitably to each other in ways that point to the mystery of life.

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adult
Length
long · 496 pages
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