Author and illustrator Chris Shepard’s Anfield Road is a debut graphic novel following the working-class of life in Merseyside in the 1980s. The graphic novel comes to stores September 10, 2024.
Here’s the official synopsis:
As Conor Sterling is about to turn 18, he wrestles with the tough choice to go to art college or look after his sick, dominating grandmother? While life seems to move faster, he falls for a West-Indian girl who his grandmother disapproves of. Conor is torn between doing the right thing for him or submitting to the will of his crazy grandmother.
What follows is a funny and poignant coming of age story set in Liverpool in 1989. The land of The La’s, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet for UK.
