Children of the Rat

“Portuguese soldier, abandon this worthless war. Don’t suffer for the tyranny of your fascist leaders. Don’t commit any more crimes against your brothers in Guinea.”

Guinea, 1974. The last few days of the Portuguese colonial Empire, and for one native soldier who fought on the side of the Portuguese armed forces… the beginning of a descent towards a personal Hell.

One of the great, terrible, tremendous, disturbing, Portuguese graphic novels of 2019.