''The World of Karl Pilkington'' is the first book written and illustrated by

Karl Pilkington Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English presenter, comedian, actor, voice-artist, producer and author. After working with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as producer on their XFM radio show, Pilkington became a co-host of '' ...

, 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. 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. Karl had stated briefly whilst producing ''The Ricky Gervais Show'' that he had had an ambition to write a book.

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Books by Ricky Gervais Books by Karl Pilkington 2006 non-fiction books HarperCollins books {{bio-book-stub