{"product_id":"the-man-in-the-mcintosh-suit-9781770466661","title":"The Man in the McIntosh Suit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir featuring mistaken identities, speakeasies, and lost love. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1929 and Bobot is just another migrant worker in rural California. Or rather, a migrant worker with a law degree from the Philippines reduced to manual labor in America. Bobot, like so many other young Filipinos, finds himself bunking in the fields, picking fruit by day. When his cousin writes claiming to have spotted his estranged wife in nearby San Francisco, he swipes a co-worker's favorite nightclub suit and heads to the big city to find her. What follows is classic noir with seedy dives, mouthy pool sharks, and obsession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRina Ayuyang indulges her passion for old Hollywood and elaborate movie musicals while exploring her immigrant roots in a playful and mysterious drama, creating something she never saw but always had hoped for--a classic tale about people who looked just like her. \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the McIntosh Suit\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping, romantic, and psychological exploration of a fledgling community chasing the American dream in an unwelcoming society heightened by racial hostility and the bubbling undercurrent of the coming Great Depression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in Pittsburgh, \u003cb\u003eRina Ayuyang\u003c\/b\u003e was always inspired by the Sunday newspaper funnies and slice-of-life tales. Her short stories have been nominated for the Ignatz and Eisner Awards, and she has been honored with a MoCCA Arts Festival Award of Excellence silver medal. Her comics have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMutha Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the publisher of the micro-comics imprint Yam Books. Her first book was \u003ci\u003eWhirlwind Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e. Ayuyang lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and son.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614004089106,"sku":"9781770466661","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37aaa9b9-13f9-4f65-ac2a-c4d400db30a4.jpg?v=1732424310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-in-the-mcintosh-suit-9781770466661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}