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There is now a book of cartoons about books and writers. You know - literature. The book is:
’Kafka Does Stand-Up: Cartoons on Books and Writers’

The introduction is ‘by’ Gertrude Stein, who is channeled by
Tom Hachtman, a wonderful artist in the field of humor. It also has an introduction to the introduction, but neither one mentions the book.

Many of the cartoons have first appeared in leading periodicals, including The New Yorker, Punch, Chronicle of Higher Education and The Wall Street Journal - and one of the Shakespeare cartoons appeared in Pl***oy.

(More Gertrude Stein can be seen in Tom’s book ‘Gertrude’s Follies’, which, along with this book, would be enjoyed by all readers and writers who would like a few - make that, many - laughs.)

It’s not all Kafka. There are 42 noted authors depicted or mentioned in this book, and Franz Schubert - in conversation with Goethe - makes a cameo appearance.

As a bonus: quotes from, and drawings of, well-known authors.