BRANCHES
by Mitch Cullin
illustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima
A novel length poem, written in the first person as the story of a Sheriff in Texas who is judge, jury and executioner.
| Each copy of the book
has 9mm bullet holes shot through the
cover, a Sheriff badge, and the title affixed as a name badge. The photos on
this page are of the prototype, completed by Minsky on April 27, 2000. Each copy
of the book is slightly different. This special limited edition of the first edition of
Branches includes color prints of the 16 illustrations, tipped in over the black
and white reproductions in the book. The binding was commissioned by the
publisher: The Permanent Press. The edition consists of one hundred copies and five artists' proofs.
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Below: detail
of cover. Each copy is slightly different, as the location and number of bullet holes
varies. |
A small
town West Texas sheriff is the antihero of Cullin’s quietly chilling
short novel-in-verse. Cullin is adept at blending the affable and
the sinister. Sheriff Branches remains a remarkably sympathetic character;
the ballad-like strains of his narration counteracting the
grisliness of his actions.
A
hybrid of Stephen King and Jim Thompson. BRANCHES has also had a film sale to Bill Finnegan, the producer/director whose credits include such television series as Northern Exposure and Hawaii 5-0, as well as films like The Fabulous Baker Boys and Reality Bites. |
Below: images from BRANCHES by Ryuzo Kikushima
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Section A Bindings 1968-79
Section B Bindings 1979-85
Section C Bindings 1986-88
Section D Sculptural Bookworks from 1988
Section E Bindings 1988-94
Section F Painted Car, Watercolor studies, Bindings
Section G Sculptural bookworks 1988, 1994
Minsky's Resume and Bibliography
©2000 Richard Minsky