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Shortcomings 英文圖像小說 Adrian Tomine
今年30歲在電影院工作的 Ben 可說是個「問題成人」，身為亞裔美國人的他不僅愛批評，也喜歡挖苦別人，還很不體貼。而他與交往許久的女友 Miko 間也因生活中大大小小的摩擦產生裂痕。最近 Miko 發現 Ben 的眼神似乎總是受到白人女性的吸引，隨之引起的爭論將永遠改變兩人之間的關係……
Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine's first long-form graphic novel, is the story of Ben Tanaka, a confused, obsessive Japanese American male in his late twenties, and his cross-country search for contentment (or at least the perfect girl). Along the way, Tomine tackles modern culture, sexual mores, and racial politics with brutal honesty and lacerating, irreverent humor, while deftly bringing to life a cast of painfully real antihero characters. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Tomine has acquired a cultlike fan following and has earned status as one of the most widely acclaimed cartoonists of our time.
