Gauld’s whimsical cartoons have whiffs of Glen Baxter and Edward Gorey, but with less cordite. The literary world and its denizens provide ample provocations for his deadpan and gently subversive drollery. He’s particularly good – or sly? – at dissecting procrastination, self-doubt, neediness, pretension, vainglory and other writerly foibles. (Make that a decaff latte with skimmed asses’ milk and a Bath bun?)
Revenge of the Librarians
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Edition:Hardback978183885821601/09/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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Kreidolf (1863-1956) was a Swiss painter and leading figure in the Jugendstil movement who also wrote and illustrated children's books. In this enchanting tale from 1924, three gnomes set ou... read more
The Gnomes’ Winter Journey
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The author is an artist, musician and poet. The fables are all his own, improbable and playful - a pair of cross-dressing vultures, a timorous elk, a parliament of quails, an irritable camel... read more
Twenty-Five Fables
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An anthology exploring the rich Greek and Roman literary traditions of queer love; with some of LEH's lovely drawings too.
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Wildsmith's three wonderful bestiaries in one volume, first published in 1967-1968: all creatures portrayed are given their lyrical collective nouns too, wakening the imagination: a walk of ... read more