The Birthday Riots

by Nabiel Kanan

A graphic novel tells the story of Max Collins, a campaign advisor to a London mayoral candidate, whose life takes a drastic turn when his teenage daughter gets caught up in a wave of political unrest, and Max is torn between his current political allegiences and his radical past.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561632996
• ISBN13: 9781561632992
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Powerfully presented, highly recommended graphic novel.

Set in the modern-day London area, The Birthday Riots by Nabiel Kanan is the engaging graphic novel focused on an upscale man who has errantly left behind the ideals of his college days, and now advises a mayoral candidate to turn a blind eye to plight of the homeless and worry more about middle class issues such as transportation instead. But the mounting pressures of embracing practicality over humanity converge upon him, as his fifteen-year-old daughter runs away from home and mounting social pressured all come to a head. The Birthday Riots is a powerfully presented tragedy about losing touch with one's former self, and the disaster that blind acquiescence into moral ambiguity can bring. Highly recommended reading.