Robin Helweg-Larsen's Reviews > The Last Resort

Not really a graphic novel, 'The Last Resort' is a series of 78 pictures (varying in size from minor item to double-page spread) in which artist Roberto Innocenti recounts his search for his lost sense of imagination. His story is of a journey to a seaside guest house, whose other residents include characters from fiction such as Inspector Maigret, Huckleberry Finn and the Little Mermaid, as well as authors Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Emily Dickinson, and actor Peter Lorre.

Rather than the text being fleshed out with illustrations, here the pictures are given a playful and useful narrative text by J. Patrick Lewis (who deservedly gets second-place billing).

The book is a wonderfully illustrated and interesting depiction of itself, which is the search for creative inspiration through both travel and literature.