Inner City Romance #[nn]

Guy Colwell's Inner City Romance gets a fresh Revival edition, presenting his unflinching look at urban life with all the raw humanity that made the original series so compelling. The cover painting — rendered in Colwell's characteristically smooth, realist style — depicts a crowded room of figures in various states of undress gathered around a bed, a 1971 calendar visible on the wall, evoking a very specific moment in time and place. It's a striking reintroduction to work that holds nothing back in its portrayal of the everyday lives of people on society's margins.