{"product_id":"roland-topor-cafe-panique","title":"Roland Topor 'Café Panique' PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: 04\/12\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder will ship around the 1st of December.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first English translation of \u003ci\u003eCafé Panique \u003c\/i\u003eby Roland Topor contains fifty-four tales and illustrations by the author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eTranslated by Andrew Hodgson with an afterword by editor Luke Cohen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e1st edition (2026) softcover, 218 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eROLAND TOPOR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ewas a French writer and visual artist best known as the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tenant \u003c\/i\u003e(1964), which was adapted into the film of the same name by Roman Polanski (1976) and as animator of the science-fiction film \u003ci\u003eFantastic Planet \u003c\/i\u003e(French: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eLa Planète Sauvage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e, 1973). Co-founder of the Panic Movement with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Fernando Arrabal in 1962, Roland Topor was a prolific writer and multimedia artist whose work frequently appeared in newspapers, magazines, art exhibitions and on French television. He was born in Paris, 1938 and died in 1997.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eANDREW HODGSON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e is a British writer and researcher based in Paris, France. He is translator into English of Roland Topor’s \u003ci\u003eHead-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), for which he received the Burgess Prize from the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni. His recent publications include the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Disgorging Head\u003c\/i\u003e (2026) and the art-historical document studies \u003ci\u003eSurrealism is Dead, Long Live Death!\u003c\/i\u003e (2026), and\u003ci\u003e New Forms of Art and Contagious Mental Illness\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). He currently teaches at Université Paris Cité.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLUKE COHEN is a writer, researcher and art historian based in New York. He has taught at Columbia University, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morbid Books","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":67785883124102,"sku":"0978173851914","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0238\/8053\/files\/FRONTCOVERDIGITALUSE.png?v=1793031003","url":"https:\/\/cargorecordsdirect.co.uk\/products\/roland-topor-cafe-panique","provider":"Cargo Independent Distribution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}