Exit wounds

Exit wounds / Rutu Modan.— Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2007.

172 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

ISBN: 1897299060

Text in English

1. Adult children of dysfunctional families – Comic books, strips, etc. 2. Fathers and sons – Comic books, strips, etc. 3. Graphic novels. 4. Israel – Comic books, strips, etc. 5. Separation (Psychology) – Comic books, strips, etc. 6. Suicide bombings – Israel – Comic books, strips, etc. 7. Taxicab drivers – Comic books, strips, etc.

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Tel Aviv cab driver Koby Franco receives a call from an Israeli soldier. She’s not looking for a ride. She wants him to take a blood test to determine if an unidentified victim of a suicide bombing is his father. Since he is estranged from his father, who he hasn’t spoken with in two years, Koby is at first repelled, but becomes intrigued when the tall young soldier reveals that she was his father’s girlfriend.

This subtly crafted graphic novel explores themes of deception and abandonment as it reveals the identity of the bomb victim. It’s a mystery for those who enjoyed Graham Greene's The third man or Dashiell Hammett's The thin man.