Strays

<B>Chris W. Kim’s graphic novel <I>Strays</I> is an enigmatic parable of the modern city, where strangers can become friends and vice versa.</B><BR/><BR/> A young man flees a disaster at home and comes to live in the city with his sister. He makes ends meet by taking a job as a deliveryman—only to encounter a flood of old friends and past acquaintances on his daily route. . . . At first elated by the company of these waifs and strays, eventually their own desperation for work begins to trouble his conscience—but what happens when you can’t deliver help to everyone?<BR/><BR/> Chris W. Kim’s distinctively detailed graphic style embodies an elusively disquieting parable of modern isolation and the ties that bind—or fail to bind—society together.