Jean-Jacques Sempe's witty drawings and keen eye for the finer
points of the human condition have delighted readers in France
and beyond for over forty years.
Now, his sharply observed and beautifully drawn cartoons are
available in English for the first time.
In Sunny Spells, originally published in France in 1999, Sempe
explores a wide range of topics, from troubled relationships and
office politics to doping scandals in the literary world. His
cast of characters includes pious churchgoers, amateur painters
and lovelorn palaeontologists, as well as psychiatrists, actors
and football fans.