Flake Jon Conkling a young Dominican girl whose

a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon

Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf

It's cute and funny and gets the points across with a spoonful of sugar instead of a hammer

" —Paste Magazine

Flake Jon Conkling a young Dominican girl whoseBy 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