Baking with Kafka
- 7 Sep 2017
- 9781786891501
- £14.99
- 160 pp
- 211×157mm
- 7 Sep 2017
- 9781786891518
- £11.99
- 160 pp
In a few words
The new collection from multi-award-winning cartoonist Tom Gauld – the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere
In a few words
The new collection from multi-award-winning cartoonist Tom Gauld – the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere
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
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
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
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
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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.
More about
the book
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.
Each single-page piece is a clever, funny, slightly bonkers riff on a literary theme . . . Sublime
One of the best cartoonists around!
Praise for the works of Tom Gauld:
Heartwarming
At once hilarious and achingly melancholy . . . A quietly essential read
Each single-page piece is a clever, funny, slightly bonkers riff on a literary theme . . . Sublime
One of the best cartoonists around!
Praise for the works of Tom Gauld:
Heartwarming
At once hilarious and achingly melancholy . . . A quietly essential read
Tom Gauld
View profileTom 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.
@tomgauld | tomgauld.com
Tom Gauld
View profileTom 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.
www.tomgauld.com
