

Griffin is immediately taken with her and the two begin to correspond regularly. Sabine is a woman Griffin has never met or heard of. Her cryptic postcard arrives at Griffin’s door from the fictional South Pacific Sicmon Islands. He doesn’t realize it, but he is terribly lonely and depressed.Įnter Sabine Strohem. Griffin Moss is an artist making a living in London by making postcards. My favorite of Griffin’s postcards from his company, Gryphon CardsĭELVING INTO the story, the reader becomes engrossed in the two characters’ lives. Hmm… disturbing in what way? Well played, sir author you have piqued my interest. What struck me first about the novel was the caution on the back of the book jacket, which read that some of the artwork is considered disturbing and that the book is definitely only intended for adult audiences. The first novel of the series is Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence.

I feel so sneaky reading someone else’s mail!Įach page features removable and lushly-drawn postcards or letters. The novels are enchanting, like grown-up pop-up books that allow the reader to open up envelopes and read through the characters’ correspondence. The trilogy of epistolary novels (novels that tell a story through documents, letters, etc.) were published in 1991-93. The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy is not a new book series.
