Author(s): Tom Gauld

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A hilarious new comics collection from the New York Times bestselling cartoonist and illustrator - the perfect gift for all book lovers.

Uncover the strange rituals, dark secrets and eccentric denizens of the world of literature in a new collection of joyously witty cartoons by the inimitably excellent Tom Gauld.

QUAKE as the bedside stack of unread books grows taller! TREMBLE at the writer's ever-moving but perpetually unmet deadline! QUAIL before the critic's cruelly incisive dissection of the manuscript! And most importantly, SEETHE with envy at the paragon of creative productivity!

'Tom Gauld is always funny, but he's funny in a way that makes you feel smarter' - NEIL GAIMAN

Review: 'Praise for Tom Gauld:
'Tom Gauld is always funny, but he's funny in a way that makes you feel smarter' - NEIL GAIMAN

'Gauld is my favourite hyper-minimalist brainiac cartoonist' - WILLIAM GIBSON

'[Gauld's strips] have become known for their wry, playful erudition' - New Yorker

'Gauld's deceptively simple panels and sparse, understated dialogue speak poetically . . . Gauld finds humour and hope - as well as coffee and doughnuts - in his portrait of a fading utopia' - Guardian

'Each single-page piece is a clever, funny, slightly bonkers riff on a literary theme . . . Sublime' - The Times

'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

Author Biography: Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator with weekly comic strips in the Guardian and New Scientist and his comics have been published in the New York Times and on the cover of the New Yorker. He is the author of Goliath, You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, Mooncop (a New York Times bestseller), Baking with Kafka (winner of an Eisner Award) and, most recently, Department of Mind-Blowing Theories. He lives and works in London.