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Koby Franco, an Israeli cabdriver, picks up a soldier with a secret. Her revelation opens up a mystery involving a suicide bombing and the father he's tried to forget for years.

All week on the Comics Page, we're excerpting Rutu Modan's Exit Wounds, a gritty, stunning graphic novel set in modern-day Tel Aviv, where terror and love brush against each other every day. Exit Wounds will be published June 12 by Drawn & Quarterly.

Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five

Tomorrow: "I don't have time for this bullshit."