CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
Herman Portocarero´s
LULU & THE LION OF JUDAH
THE FIRST EDITION IS SOLD OUT!
A5 format/ 93 pages long.
Through a series of coincidences, a journalist (the narrator) comes upon long hidden family secrets, linked to forgotten chapters of the history of Ethiopia. The title refers to the strange relationship between the last emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, and a pet chihuahua- whose part in the story leads to hilarious situations.
A unique and effortless blend of exotic adventure, political satire and questions about identity, fate and coincidence.
We are offering an extremely limited edition run of 10 individually numbered and signed copies of the first edition .
Price €40 ( €5 Shipping within Europe and €10 shipping for the rest of the world including the UK)
SOLD OUT UNTIL
WE RE-PRINT!
A EXTREMELY LIMITED RUN OF THE FIRST THREE COPIES EVER PRINTED.
500 + PAGE EPIC HARD-COVER!
INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED AND HAND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
HERMAN PORTOCARERO
THE GREATNESS
OF KINGS
The Greatness of Kings is a vast political thriller, based on events in New York, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Havana and Brussels, set between 1974 and 1998. It follows the adventures of impoverished aristocratic twins, sister and brother, searching for their roots after the mysterious death of their mother, an Ethiopian princess in exile.
The title refers to a priceless antique manuscript at the core of the intrigues, but also, with a cynical twist, to the corruption of all power and politics.
THE ART OF HERMAN PORTOCARERO -FLYING WITH THE FIREBIRDS
WARNING: Artwork may contain what some might consider to be EXPLICIT MATERIAL (Nudity, sexual Imagery)
A5 format/100 pages long.
Contains over a hundred drawings/paintings by Herman Portocarero created over the last 40 years.
"Living mostly between the Caribbean and New York for all the years between 1985 and 2017, inspired one with the contrasts between tropical island life and the metropolis. But there was no contradiction. The urban environments were just as full of spirits and secret forces as the beaches, the waves, the jungles and the mountains of Jamaica and Cuba. It all mingled to form a personal mythology"
Price €50 ( €5 Shipping within Europe and €10 shipping for the rest of the world including the UK)
JOAQUIN PORTOCARERO
"THE QUINI" ARTBOOK
Due to polular demand!
A RE-PRINT IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
We will ship once a minimal of 5 copies are ordered!
A5 Format
The world of a secret tribe seen through 64 pages of intricate drawing and mysterious hieroglyphics.
Hand illustrated over a ten years period in Havana and New York this book is an art piece unto itself and a must have for any collector.
Price €50 ( €5 Shipping within Europe and €10 shipping for the rest of the world including the UK)
Joaquin Portocarero´s
The LEGEND OF KHIEY
The graphic novel that never was.
80 plus pages! A5 format
An ambitious graphic novel that never was,at least not when it was drawn and written, twenty or so years ago.
It was made, then forgotten, stored deep underground in a basement in Manhattan,
then retrieved from oblivion by the merest coincidence and turned out
to have become more relevant, more insightful than at the time of its origins.
In its presentation here, the unachieved and evolving character of the book has been preserved and respected.
This makes for an inspiring mixture of easy-flowing narrative
alternating with raw footage, sketches and stand-alone images, all contributing to the overall effect.
This is a unique and highly original work.
THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN THE "A CRIME A CITY" DETECTIVE NOVELLA SERIES
HERMAN PORTOCARERO
THE CURFEW
A CRIME IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
After the bloody revolution, the city is under a midnight-to-dawn curfew.
It makes for forced all-night dancing at the lounge of the Hilton hotel, where girls are biding their time to seduce slumming foreigners.
When a diplomat is found murdered after taking one of the girls upstairs, the girl disappears without a trace but the murder weapon, an antique dagger, is left on the scene.
Circumstances and intrigues in the politically uncertain times in the city hide the crime and the true events.
They slowly emerge as a clever assistant manager of the hotel deciphers the mixed intrigues of the city and her inhabitants.
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THE SECOND INSTALMENT IN THE "A CRIME A CITY" DETECTIVE NOVELLA SERIES
HERMAN PORTOCARERO
RUE DAUPHINE
A CRIME IN PARIS, FRANCE
An up-and-coming supermodel disappears from backstage duringa Paris fashion week show.
Who or what is she really, what is she running away from, and why has she taken only
one random object with her on her flight?
The narrator, hired by the girl's agency, sets about to unravel the mystery, in which the girl's secrets
and the labyrinths of the city seem to merge.