THE BIRTHDAY RIOTS
Nabiel Kanan, . . NBM, $14.95 (64pp) ISBN 978-1-56163-299-2
This short but ambitious graphic novel tells of a series of crises in the life of Max Collins, a campaign adviser to a London mayoral candidate. A former radical, Collins has sold out to middle-class comfort. Over the course of several weeks, a series of political events forces him to dramatically confront his past. England is in an uproar with mounting protests against the Land Law bill, a controversial legislation that prevents the homeless—Gypsies in particular—from squatting or loitering on vacant land. Collins, at odds with his now politicized daughter, becomes mired slowly in a growing web of domestic strife, infidelity, city politics, homelessness and racism. British cartoonist Kanan (
Reviewed on: 03/25/2002
Genre: Fiction