Will I love This Country?

As a memoirist who writes about adventures in rural America, I wanted to learn how an Iranian American man experienced life off the grid in a tiny home in rural Idaho. The fact that This Country is also a graphic memoir made it that much more appealing as the graphic form seems well-suited to tense subject matter (plus it’s fun and easy to read). The result is a lightness about experiences like guns, politics, and race that would feel harder without the images.

I love the depictions of how Mahdavian and his wife navigate relationships with neighbors and locals. The… show more.