The Con Artists

Author(s): Luke Healy

Graphic Novel | LGBTQI+

A darkly comedic graphic novel about friendship, fraud, and the stories we tell about ourselves. Frank only wanted three things this year- to perform stand-up comedy, go to therapy, and to keep his house plants alive. Then Giorgio got hit by a bus. As Frank moves in with Giorgio to help him recover, he begins to suspect that the perfect life Giorgio has been sharing online may be nothing more than a web of lies and scams. Finding himself unable to disentangle himself from his friend's complicated life, has Frank become Giorgio's unwitting accomplice?

THE OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH, ‘a beautifully observed masterpiece’


‘I loved it- it’s quiet and funny and anxious, most of all it’s dreadfully human. Really great.’ EVIE WYLD

‘Joy, terror, good jokes, bad decisions, mystery moustaches – this book has them all, and more!’ JOFF WINTERHART


‘It is amazing. Really just perfect comic writing, in both senses.’ STEPHEN COLLINS


Author Biography: Luke was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he also received a BA in Journalism. He has an MFA in Cartooning from the Centre for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, USA. His work has been exhibited in the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art in Manhattan, and his previous work, Americana, was a Guardian Best Book of 2019.



Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780571368761
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : 0.52
  • : 01 July 2022
  • : 2 Centimeters X 16.5 Centimeters X 25.5 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Luke Healy
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 741.5
  • : 160