Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story [Hardcover]

From the dream team behind #1New York TimesbestsellerIndehcomes a graphic novel following a father and son as they navigate an increasingly catastrophic day.

Set against the quiet and unassuming city of Huntsville, Texas, Jack "Meadowlark" Johnson, and his teenage son, Cooper embark on a journey of epic proportions. Told over the course a single day, this electrifying graphic novel recounts Cooper's struggle to survive the consequences of his father's mistakes and the dangers they have brought home to his estranged family. As Cooper and his father desperately navigate cascading threats of violence, they must also grapple with their own combative, dysfunctional, but loving relationship.

Drawing on inspiration from the authors' childhoods in Texas, their relationships with their own sons and from ancient myths that resonate throughout the ages, this contemporary crime noir is a propulsive coming-of-age tale of the shattering transition into manhood. While both father and son strive to understand their place in the world and each other's lives, tension and resentment threaten to boil over. As emotionally evocative as it is visually stunning, this captivating graphic novel will appeal to fans of Cormac McCarthy'sNo Country for Old Menand Terrence Malick'sBadlands.

Ethan Hawke's first graphic novel with illustrator Greg Ruth,Indeh, debuted at #1 on theNew York Timesbestseller list in 2016. His other literary works includeNew York TimesbestsellersRules for a Knight,Ash Wednesday, andThe Hottest State. He has also acted in more than fifty films and is the director of three feature films and one documentary. He is a four-time Academy Award nominee.

Greg Ruthis theNew York Timesbestselling author/illustrator ofThe Lost BoyandIndehand has been making books and comics since 1993. Greg has also created musl(