Characters born into the celebrated Viz comic strip, 'Drunken Bakers', are here for the first time immortalised in a book. A day in the life: the decline of the independent bakery, and the steeper decline of the independent bakers within it (cake and bargain booze included). A harsh reality displayed without apology, elbowing its way into our comfort zone bringing laughter and the smell of stale beer.

Barney Farmer is a writer, raconteur, pessimist, sceptic and aspirant public scourge from the North of England. He has worked with the artist Lee Healey for longer than either man cares to recall, and since 2002 they have graced the pages of iconic UK adult comic Viz with strips including Drunken Bakers, The Male Online, Hen Cabin and much, much more.
Farmer's lyrical and 'frequently repulsive' debut novel Drunken Baker was quietly published in April 2018 to various throwaway critical acclaim, and received a similar response to his second, Coketown, when it appeared in 2019.