I must admit I've never seen the film, and I can see that this is a graphic novel that could be easily translated into a gore fest with little delicacy. However, the graphic novel treats what could be quite a sterotypical story with great deftness and feeling. Tom McKenna is in hiding, outwardly a pillar of his local small town, married with a little girl, the proprieter of a diner in an idyllic close knit neighbourhood. But when he shoots and kills one of a pair of predatory killers who try to rob him he becomes a media celebrity and attracts the interest of the mob. It is the characteristation, quality of drawing and careful touches which draw together the story of a man thrown back to memories of a traumatic coming of age. Very highly recommended.
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