![]() Bink lives in a cottage at the foot of the tree, furnished with rustic wooden table and chairs, surrounded by a vegetable garden and well-supplied with 22 jars of peanut butter. It is all large abstract canvases, modern chairs and tall, cold, tinkling drinks. Gollie lives in a Bauhaus-inspired home-for-one at the top of a large tree. Bink’s wild hair, almost a character in itself - obviously. ![]() Gollie’s tidily cuffed pants and matching jacket - of course. The conversations in “Bink and Gollie,” written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, provide the illustrator, Tony Fucile, with the foundations of a world he fleshes out to create a place both oddly particular and warmly familiar. The episodes are self-contained but build in intensity, culminating in the near death and daring rescue of Fred and in a new honesty between the friends. Who’s the smart one after all? Who’s the confident one? As is true in every relationship, all is not what it seems. Readers begin to notice, however, that in her vague way Bink gets exactly what she wants in each episode, whether it’s garish socks or acceptance of Fred the fish. “Fish know nothing of longing,” said Gollie. ![]()
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