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.

Author: Will McPhail
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 06/08/2021
Pages: 272
Weight: 2.2lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780358345541


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2021 pg. 42
Publishers Weekly 03/29/2021
Library Journal 04/01/2021 pg. 52
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021

About the Author
WILL MCPHAIL has been contributing cartoons, sketchbooks, and humor pieces to the New Yorker since 2014. He was the winner of the Reuben Award for cartooning in 2017 and 2018. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.