K Is in Trouble

"Nobody is nice to K in this book. Nobody except, perhaps, the cockroach at the start and even it doesn’t stick around. And yet, for all that, there’s something oddly cathartic about this series of three short tales set in a Kafka-esque, Prague-like country with its put-upon protagonist. K is constantly in trouble – but how much of it is his fault? Wherever he goes, he’s the brunt of everyone’s blame. This is a bizarre, downbeat, ultimately endearing little book, chock full of life’s inequalities. And K is set to get in trouble – again! – in a second book in 2025. (For ages 7 to 12)"