Bluffton by Matt Phelan

A largely wordless, illustrated coming-of-age tale that follows a boy raised in a rough-and-tumble vaudeville family who spends summers at a lakeside resort where performances, pratfalls, and small-town life shape his childhood; rendered in evocative black-and-white art, the story traces hardships, affectionate family dynamics, and the physical comedy that foreshadows his future as a silent-film star.

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