The World of Karl Pilkington

The World of Karl Pilkington

First edition
Author	Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant & Ricky Gervais
Illustrator	Karl Pilkington
Language	English
Subject	Memoir
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Fourth Estate
Publication date	2006
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	192 pp
ISBN	978-1-4013-0342-6
OCLC	75551019
Followed by	Happyslapped by a Jellyfish

The World of Karl Pilkington is the first book written and illustrated by Karl Pilkington, and contains transcripts from The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts and excerpts from his own diary, as well as drawings and some original material illustrated by Pilkington himself. ^[1] It was published and released in 2006. As stated on The Ricky Gervais Show, Karl put a lot of work into the book and had been illustrating the drawings featured in the book for a considerable amount of time.

Development

As part of The Ricky Gervais Show radio program, host Karl Pilkington began a diary during a vacation to Grand Canaria, which Gervais read on-air for listeners. Ricky Gervais and co-host Stephen Merchant would encourage Pilkington to continue writing, leading to reading from excerpts of the diary becoming a recurring feature: as they often highlighted Pilkington's eccentric worldview, with entries interspersing Pilkington's daily activities with his unusual worldview and musings on his childhood.

Karl's Diary would prove to be popular amongst listeners, leading Pilkington to combine his ambition to write a book with the existing popularity of the segment. ^[2]

References

1. "The World of Karl Pilkington". Waterstones. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
2. Pilkington, Karl; Gervais, Ricky; Merchant, Stephen (2006). The World of Karl Pilkington. ISBN   0007240279.