This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time byUtterly masterful.Wonderful, earnest storytelling . . . a book made by intelligent, caring human hands.The best case yet that a mainstream novel can be told in comics form. One of the most moving and compelling human stories to emerge out of the graphic story medium. Alan Moore