Is This Supposed to Be Funny?

Plot

Hugleikur Dagsson is the most famous cartoonist in Iceland. Iceland is very cold, very bleak and very expensive. The only thing to do there are drink and kill whales. Dagsson's last book - SHOULD YOU BE LAUGHING AT THIS? - is a cu*t international bestseller. He hopes you like this one. Otherwise he'll have to kill some whales.