Without the illustration this would have been nothing really, with the illustration you see these sequence of graphic novels come to life with people and neighbourhoods and history all interwoven and intermingled. The first book is Contract with God which compromises four stories, Contract with God, The Street Singer, The Super and Cookalein, these were written as a sequence and form an interwoven story of the time they're set in.The second book, A Life Force is the story of one man's life path from the depression to a new fortune. Interesting and touching.The last book is Dropsie Avenue, a biography of a neighbourhood, where he points at the contradictions people are and how they forget so quickly how they were once the new settlers, over and over again.I found this interesting and touching and hope to be as eloquent in my 90s.
