“Flake” by Matthew Dooley (2020)

“Dad, what’s that man doing?”

Five books in to the year and we return to the world of the graphic novel. This time, there’s some serious ice cream business to get stuck into.

Howard has only wanted two things in life: to solve the cryptic crossword every morning, and be a successful ice cream van man. When his patch in the small market town of Dobbiston gets encroached on by a rival seller, he begins to doubt himself and everything he stands for. It doesn’t help that his town rival is his half-b...