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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
UNITED KINGDOM · 2003

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Peter Greenaway
fragmented biography 20th century history collected artifacts imprisonment adventure and exploration
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Synopsis

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through three distinct episodes: as a child during the First World War; as an explorer

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