THE MAN IN THE MCINTOSH SUIT, by Rina Ayuyang. (Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95.) Ayuyang evokes the hardship and racism experienced by Filipino immigrants in this Depression-era noir, in which a migrant worker abandons the strawberry fields of rural California in search of his estranged wife in San Francisco.
BOYS WEEKEND, by Mattie Lubchansky. (Pantheon, $28.) Set at a bachelor party on a floating party island, this dystopian satire follows Sammie, the groom’s trans femme “best man,” as they navigate awkward silences and misgendering comments from their hetero, crypto-obsessed college friends.
SALOME’S LAST DANCE, by Daria Tessler. (Fantagraphics, $19.99.) Magnus the magician seeks aid for his alienation while his dancing dog attracts ominous elements in this absurdist fantasy, rendered in hallucinatory ink drawings and collage.
GIRL JUICE, by Benji Nate. (Drawn & Quarterly, paperback, $24.95.) Tallulah, Sadie, Nana and Bunny live together in the chaotic, colorful, maybe-haunted Girl Juice House, where they learn that “U don’t have to seek approval from ur roomies to make big silly life decisions” — but sometimes you do.
RAW DOG: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, by Jamie Loftus. (Forge, $26.99.) Loftus blends hot dog history with savory travelogue in this vibrant account chronicling the food’s footprint on American life, from the horrors of factory farms to Joey Chestnut’s exploits and the fall of the Dodger Dog.
WRITERS AND MISSIONARIES: Essays on the Radical Imagination, by Adam Shatz. (Verso, $34.95.) This collection examines the lives of writers including Richard Wright, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Edward Said to reveal how their environments and experiences shaped their work.
THE QUEER FILM GUIDE: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories, by Kyle Turner. (Smith Street Books, $19.95.) This compilation spans the history of queer cinema, from classics like Hitchcock’s “Rope” to acclaimed contemporary films like “Moonlight.”
THE LAST HONEST MAN: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys — and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy, by James Risen with Thomas Risen. (Little, Brown, $32.) The former Idaho senator Frank Church led congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and investigated intelligence agencies after Watergate. His overlooked political legacy is restored here.
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