West of the West classic graphic novel remix victims and rescuers (fireman

victims and rescuers (fireman

the more our whole society could in turn prosper

but nothing can prepare him for what he soon discovers: The beautiful

a monumental crime that beggars our powers of description and explanation

revealing the human faces and follies that have allowed corruption to take such a foothold in our system

West of the West classic graphic novel remix victims and rescuers (firemanTeddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West," and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the clich This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it. Compelling, lyrical, and ominous, his new collection finds a different drama rising out of each confounding