Hoopla has this graphic novel split into two volumes. The bonus historical material about the Chinese Exclusion Act provides important
background. The synopsis on Goodreads sums it up well. "THE GOOD ASIAN follows Edison Hark – a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in 1936 San Francisco – in a noir mystery exploring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban: the Chinese, as they’re besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes." This has all the essential parts of a detective noir. I like a lot of the artwork. The mystery is complex with many twists and turns as Edison Hark and the other central figures remember their distant past, their recent past, changing identities, and questionable loyalties. Searching for a missing woman and turning up the trail of a killer reveals many secrets.
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