I.R.$. #17

A man in a tan suit kneels in what appears to be a cemetery, head bowed and hand pressed to his temple in a moment of raw anguish — a gun resting near him and angelic statues looming softly in the background. It's a striking, quietly devastating image that sets a somber, morally charged tone for "Larry's Paradise," the seventeenth chapter of Stéphen Desberg and Bernard Vrancken's sharp-edged tax-crime thriller. Vrancken's cover linework is assured and cinematic, making this 2016 Le Lombard entry one of the more emotionally arresting installments the I.R.$ series has offered.