Fluffy

A graphic novel of love, despair and happiness which will have you laughing out loud one minute and pondering the meaning of life the next.

Lia's pages are innovative and varied... compulsively readable

Simone Lia transforms what at first looks like another of her appealing children's books into an unpredictable and reflective human drama, while never losing her childlike playfulness... The result is a unique parable about the loving bunny inside us all

A humorous, beautiful tale about love, anxiety and adventure

Simone Lia writes and illustrates comics and children's books. With Tom Gauld, whom she met at the Royal College of Art in 2000, she publishes her own comics and limited edition products under the name of Cabanon Press. British-born Maltese, she lives in London and visits Malta frequently.

Fluffy is story of unanswerable questions, love, despair, adventure and happiness. Fluffy is a baby rabbit who is being looked after by an anxious, single man called Michael Pulcino. Michael tries to make it clear to Fluffy that he is not his daddy, but Fluffy appears to be in denial. Michael is being pursued by Fluffy's nursery school teacher, and partly to escape her, he and Fluffy set off to visit his family in Sicily. 
 
Will Michael escape her? Will Fluffy come to terms with the reality that he is not a human being? All is at least partly resolved in Simone Lia's utterly irresistible graphic novel.

How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like it’s Getting Worse

Simone Lia writes and illustrates comics and children's books. She is the author of Fluffy, published by Jonathan Cape. With Tom Gauld, whom she met at the Royal College of Art in 2000, she publishes her own comics and limited edition products under the name of Cabanon Press. British-born Maltese, she lives in London and visits Malta frequently.

Fluffy Pulcino is nearly all grown up. Nearly. But life in your early twenties can be complicated enough without the added quirk of being a bunny trying to function in a human world. 
 
No longer in denial about who he is, Fluffy sets out on the difficult task of finding his place in the world. His attempts at writing a self-help book lead him to reflect on a life plagued by failure - and by having to dodge people who just want to pick him up and stroke his ears. Fluffy’s coming of age is drawn with a heartbreaking veracity that hits its mark when the overtly sweet and fantastical meets with an unswerving ability to voice our darker, more painful truths. 
 
How to Make Life Better When It Feels Like it's Getting Worse is a buoyant return to a beloved character. Through the unlikely avatar of a small, fluffy bunny and gloriously irreverent storytelling, Simone Lia shows what it means to grow into adulthood, find purpose and live in this world.

Simone Lia

Hugely entertaining…the comic book equivalent of getting pleasantly squiffy on communion wine (or so I imagine)

Please God, Find Me a Husband! explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and appealing to a wide audience of all faiths and none.

Please God Find Me A Husband! Published by Jonathan Cape is an autobiographical…

Please God Find Me a Husband! Explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and appealing to a wide audience of all faiths and none

Simone Lia's Fluffy is one of the best-loved books on the Cape graphic novel list. As her new book opens we find her in Leicester Square. She's just been dumped by her boyfriend and she's talking to God, telling Him that she's nearly thirty-four and if He wants her to get married He'd better get a move on. Amazingly, God sends a reply, prompting Simone to plan an 'Adventure with God' that starts with a fortnight in a nunnery, then takes her to Australia in search of a hermit. The one she finds proves a disappointment, unlike Brett, the handsome horseman who takes her riding. She thinks he looks just like Crocodile Dundee; he thinks she looks just like Penelope Cruz. Is this the man she's been searching for, or is God making fun of her? 
 
Funny, touching and even occasionally profound, Please God Find Me a Husband! will be essential reading for spinsters, seekers after enlightenment and lovers of the very best graphic novels.

Simone Lia

Praise for Please God, Find Me A Husband!

Hugely entertaining…the comic book equivalent of getting pleasantly squiffy on communion wine (or so I imagine)

Please God, Find Me a Husband! explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and app ...

Please God Find Me A Husband! Published by Jonathan Cape is an autobiographical…

Hugely entertaining…the comic book equivalent of getting pleasantly squiffy on communion wine (or so I imagine)

Please God, Find Me a Husband! explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and app ...

Please God Find Me A Husband! Published by Jonathan Cape is an autobiographical…

Hugely entertaining…the comic book equivalent of getting pleasantly squiffy on communion wine (or so I imagine)

Please God, Find Me a Husband! explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and app ...

Please God Find Me A Husband! Published by Jonathan Cape is an autobiographical…

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