Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the author



Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist's signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking jabs at Jane Eyre and Game of Thrones.



Some particularly favoured targets include the pretentious procrastinating noveli...