I've been on something of a graphic novel kick recently (I blame my local Oxfam's sudden abundance of them!) and would like to take a moment to sing the praises of Guy Delisle's Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City.
I haven't read any of the author's previous works but I certainly will be doing so. Jerusalem isn't much more than a depiction of a foreigner's year in the Israeli city, but it's attractively-drawn pages are full of great observations, gentle humour and subtle poignancy. It's hard to write a book about Jerusalem and not get entrenched in politics and religion, but Delisle does a great job and has produced an uncontroversial account of life in a fraught territory.
The book brought back some great memories (and some that weren't so great too) of my own brief visit to Israel back in 2007, so I feel partially qualified to give it two thumbs up. It makes a nice change from Batman, too...
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