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 *

"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 *

"At once hilarious and achingly melancholy . . . A quietly essential read" - * Wired *

"His economical art . . . is married to dry, incisive humor, making each strip a carefully composed marvel" - * Publishers Weekly *

"The ironic takes on key moments in history and literature (Armstrong on the moon, Cathy and Heathcliff wandering the moor) will certainly elicit a few laughs" - * Vogue *

"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 *

"Precise and wryly hilarious" - * NPR, Best Books of 2013 *