The new collection from multi-award-winning cartoonist Tom Gauld - the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere
2018 EISNER AWARD-WINNER - BEST HUMOUR PUBLICATION
In Baking with Kafka, Tom Gauld asks the questions no one else dares ask about civilisation as we know it.
- How do you get published during a skeleton apocalypse?
- What was the secret of Kafka’s lemon drizzle cake?
- And what plot possibilities does the exploding e-cigarette offer modern mystery writers?
A riotous collection of laugh-out-loud cartoons in his signature style, Baking with Kafka reaffirms Gauld’s position as a first-rate cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep understanding of both literary and cartoon history.
“A collection of brilliantly off-the-wall cartoons. Ever wondered what War and Peace clickbait looks like? Or Machiavelli’s month planner? Gauld can help”
daily Mail, Best Reads Of 2017
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“Tom Gauld might just be the Edward Gorey of our time, channelling his wry humour and macabre aesthetic through exquisite black-and-white illustrations”
Maria Popova
“Each single-page piece is a clever, funny, slightly bonkers riff on a literary theme … Sublime”
the Times
“One of the best cartoonists around!”
boingboing
”Praise for the works of Tom Gauld: Heartwarming”
guardian
Tom Gauld was born in 1976 and grew up in Aberdeenshire. He is a cartoonist and illustrator and his work is regularly published in the Guardian, the New York Times, and New Scientist. He is the author of three more comic books, Goliath; You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack and Mooncop, a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his family.
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