Man in the Mcintosh Suit TP

The 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. A gripping, romantic and psychological exploration of a fledgling community.

The Man in the McIntosh Suit is a Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir featuring mistaken identities, speakeasies, and lost love.

"A fast-paced thriller of a story combining history with heartbreak, Rina Ayuyang's graphic novel mixes Manong lore with an individual's dreams."--Gina Apostol, author of Insurrecto

"Tight, compelling, evocative, Rina Ayuyang's The Man in the McIntosh Suit transports us to a colonial-era Philippines and a California of migrant workers and hardscrabble opportunities, set to a soundtrack of loss and 1920s love songs. She vividly reminds us that the Filipino Dream was once the American Dream, and that both are but the shared aspiration of humanity towards a better future. In this intriguing noir-esque tale of many twists, love is the real mystery, along with the universal search for one's place in the world. This is a beautiful, lyrical book of images and insight. Read it!" --Miguel Syjuco, author of the Man Asia Literary Prize winner Illustrado

"Readers will be swept off their feet by this irresistible bildungsroman."-- Publishers Weekly

"[Ayuyang's] art is absolutely gorgeous."-- Bookriot

"Rendered entirely with colored pencils, Ayuyang's art is full of vibrant vitality."-- The AV Club