A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker
cartoonist, following a millennial's journey from performing his life to
truly connecting with people
Nick, a young illustrator, can't shake the feeling that there is some
hidden realm of human interaction beyond his reach. He haunts lookalike
fussy, silly, coffee shops, listens to old Joni Mitchell albums too
loudly, and stares at his navel in the hope that he will find it in
there. But it isn't until he learns to speak from the heart that he
begins to find authentic human connections and is let in--to the
worlds of the people he meets. Nick's journey occurs alongside the
beginnings of a relationship with Wren, a wry, spirited oncologist at a
nearby hospital, whose work and life becomes painfully tangled with
Nick's.
Illustrated in both color and black-and-white in McPhail's instantly
recognizable style, In elevates the graphic novel genre; it captures
his trademark humor and compassion with a semi-autobiographical tale
that is equal parts hilarious and heart-wrenching--uncannily appropriate
for our isolated times.