Eve by Una

A gorgeously dark graphic novel. I admired this author already – having read her debut, Becoming Unbecoming, which had a great impact on me. This is her most recent work and far more complex in terms of the art’s rendition. The story is still set in the north of England (where I live). It imagines a bleak near future in which climate collapse and the spread of far-right politics dominate the country. Eve, the main character, is born in the 2020s – a decade of great upheaval – from an English mother and an immigrant father who is a refugee in the UK. The story follows Eve’s upbringing alongside that of two of her closest friends, Si and Ruby.