This is a working version of a cover for a new book for Random House, plus a rough for one of the interior pages.
The story features a destitute young girl – downtrodden, beaten, neglected, but surely destined for greater things – and further convinces me I’m carving my little niche in depicting such pathos-inducing characters. I rejoice that there’s always plenty of room for more pathos in this game.
The poor girl escapes from her prisoner existence in a pet shop, and its ogreish proprietor, to travel half way round the world in search of her identity and her voice, with pet coati and talkative macaw in tow.
It’s a very enjoyable read which is due to be published next year.
James de le Rue
