ULTIMATE CARTOON BOOK OF BOOK CARTOONS

Bookshelves headed FICTION alongside SAD BUT TRUE. Customer asks bookseller 'Do you have any picture books that could help a child understand tort reform?' The old man, the sea and the well-meaning neighbour depicts a young man approaching the old man and the speech bubble 'I brought you a casserole.' Mark Twain's mother asks 'Are you still writing your little stories?' A woman reader remarks 'Take away his brilliant prose, and he's just some depressed guy.' Bookshop owner looks up from computer 'The Bible... that would be under self-help.' 'Now close your eyes and go to sleep or daddy will read you more of his novel.' 'A literary masterpiece? destined for obscurity...' reads the book blurb. Reading groups, book club enactments, bookshop signs, this exuberant and hilarious celebration of the literary world is a treasure trove of 133 cartoons by some of America?s greatest cartoonists, a veritable love letter to books and bookshops. Includes the work of Bob Mankoff and the great New York Times cartoonists. The humour crosses the Atlantic perfectly in this beautiful big cartoon picture book especially chosen for our bibliophiles. Big square Princeton Architectural Press quality hardback. Illus throughout.