Flake Corinne Halbert This Party of the Soft

This Party of the Soft Things can be described as a highly re-readable picture book for adults

one of faith

Her gaze spares no one: even Nili (especially Nili) is a pain in the backside

Over the course of his action-packed seventy years on earth

Flake Corinne Halbert This Party of the SoftBy Matthew Dooley. Published by Jonathan Cape. Hardcover, 176 pages, Colour, 2020. **WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION** **A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR** A stunning first graphic novel by a Cape Comica Observer graphic short story competition winner a tale of a skirmish in the ice cream wars that is worthy of Alan Bennett In the small seaside town of Dobbiston, Howard sells ice creams from his van, just like his father