Fruit of Knowledge

'How I loved reading Liv Stromquist's Fruit of Knowledge. Mostly, this was down to its sheer, punchy brilliance ... If her strips are clever, angry, funny and righteous, they're also informative to an eye-popping degree ... Every page is so fantastically acute' - Rachel Cooke, Observer Graphic Novel of the Month'A brilliantly drawn, cleverly researched and deeply funny account of a battle signposted by its subtitle: The vulva vs the patriarchy' - Times Literary SupplementThere are moments of genuine hilarity, as when Stromquist pictures the dinner party chatter of men living under a matriarchy, and others of fierce anger in this wild, witty and vital book - Guardian Books of the YearJust the thing for all the feminists in your life - Observer Books of the YearFeminist, snappy, instructive and hilarious! - Time Out ParisAlmost every page is so brilliantly and wittily written and unarguably righteous that it is constantly tempting to show the book to the nearest person. This is a sure sign that this is a work of unusual excellence. Buy two copies - one to read and keep and one to lend out - and make peace with the idea that you may need to get more in time - The QuietusAn informative and funny guide to the female reproductive system - The LadyImagine if you could walk through the world with a Liv Stromquist at your side. The moment you stumbled on an injustice or an error in thinking, you could point her at the culprit like a loaded wit-revolver, instead of having to stand there digging through your own murky arguments - Expressen