Sleeper. Vol. 4, The long way home
(Graphic Novel)

"Originally published in single magazine form as Sleeper season 2 #7-12"--Title page verso.

"4"--Spine.

Brubaker and Phillips' Sleeper melded spy and superhero genres potently as this collection of its final issues demonstrates. In it, the cat-and-mouse game between former government agent Holden Carver and Tao, the leader of a shadowy worldwide criminal cartel, comes to a head. In the previous story arc, A Crooked Line (2005), Tao discovered Carver's dual role but persuaded him--or did he?--to turn against Lynch, his former boss and Tao's longtime nemesis. Now Carver plays both ends against the middle in a desperate scheme to make a clean break from both sides and take his beautiful, deceitful colleague, Miss Misery, with him. An already twisty narrative grows even knottier as the story accelerates to a satisfying denouement. Brubaker again proves himself a master of intricate plotting and the engine that propels Sleeper's full-throttle impetus, hard-boiled dialogue. Phillips' darkly intelligent art and masterful storytelling--he makes even expository talking-heads sequences gripping--are equally crucial. Sleeper will be missed, but what Brubaker and Phillips do next, together or separately, should be thrilling. Gordon Flagg Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Suggested for mature readers.