Sometimes a magical thing will happen to me: I'll pick up a book and read the first few pages and suddenly, somehow, find myself finishing it within hours. This happened with "Fun Home," a graphic novel described by the author/illustrator as a "family tragicomic." A general explication of the lesbian Bechdel's relationship with her closeted father, the novel proved to be a deep, feelinged probing of the heretofore exhausted subject of father-daughter relationships--something I couldn't have expected from a graphic novel. It's a quick read, but one that will stick in your head for days or weeks afterward. An excerpt is below:
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