{"product_id":"milk-white-steed-9781770467590","title":"Milk White Steed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mournful, tragicomic tune of wanderlust undercut by the longing for a home seemingly lost\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Have I settled down yet?\"\u003c\/i\u003e The question rings eternal across all ten stories in this highly anticipated debut collection of comics fiction by \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Michael D. Kennedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA series of individuals leave the West Indies and attempt to find their footing in the damp dinge of England's counties. A child on his daily trike ride is stalked by a sinister, shape-shifting ligahoo. A blues singer's wife hallucinates untoward revelations in the grips of high yellow fever when she inhales spores from psychedelic mushrooms growing unchecked in their apartment. A man dwells on his absent father, paints the man into a duppy myth, and bears the consequences of this fantastical undertaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the folk tales and oral traditions of his Caribbean roots, \u003ci\u003eMilk White Steed\u003c\/i\u003e is a dreamlike venture into the messy truths of everyday West Indian lives: the abiding pursuit of the familiar and the vicious appraisal of their own otherness, all at once. Phantom desires, unchecked reveries, and surreal visions of the future flood the page in full-color. Kennedy's decisive woodcut-inspired brush-strokes draw a striking portrait of the Black diaspora as it sees itself, always searching and yet forever seeing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770467590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2025 pg. 74","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Michael Kennedy \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283585581213,"sku":"9781770467590","price":42.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e411f758-2fa8-4d50-92a0-f4bda2356c07.jpg?v=1759968488","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/milk-white-steed-9781770467590","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}