Literary gift book for book lovers from 9-99 years old

• Beautifully designed, cloth-bound, embossed cover, belly band - collector's item
• Illustrated with 32 striking illustrations in black and ice blue
• Small, gifty trim size 4.8 x 6.85 in, hardcover, 64 pages
• By Jaap Robben, author of You Have Me to Love and of International Booker Prize-longlisted novel Summer Brother
• Jaap Robben is a very lovable and charming author, who speaks flawless English and who loves to travel to promote his work. In 2018 we toured him around several festivals in the US. Vancouver Writers Fest fell in love with him and invited him again in 2021
• In an inimitable style, Jaap Robben tells the story of a fly, from the moment it enters the world as a larva right up to its deathbed
• Biography of a Fly is a humorous philosophical story of discovery, friendship and transience, for readers of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy and Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. It is a comforting and uplifting take on the value of life, however short it may be
• "A fly isn't born; a fly wakes up somewhere in the middle of its life." This is just one of the wonderful sentences from this brilliant Biography of a Fly
• Originally told via a series of posters and billboards displayed throughout various cities in the Netherlands and the UK, including at the Sheffield Literature Festival, who made a walking tour from poster to poster part of the festival program
• The Dutch edition was a bestseller and bookseller's favorite with great media coverage
• The French edition has an initial printrun of 20,000 copies
• Published in the UK in September 2021, 1000 copies sold already & media coverage
• Adorable trailer, please watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC7tMwU2omM
• The book will be turned into an animated film