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by Dupuy and Berberian A collection of Dupuy and Berberian's early Mr. Jean stories, where the reader is introduced to the life of the titular character, a laconic, single Parisian male struggling through the usual calamities of life: bachelorhood in his twenties and early thirties, and the impending responsibilities of marriage, kids, and deadlines for his publisher. Mr. Jean is a typical everyman - a scholar who fancies himself a man of letters, a nostalgist whose memories carry a weight few can understand, a lover whose heart knows the greatest of burdens. Melancholic yet joyful reflections on past loves, favorite authors, marriage, and fatherhood are laid out in a breezy, comic style.