It’s holiday season again.

Which means, among other things, holiday parties. And the very thought of inappropriate gifts from secret Santas, perilously placed mistletoe, and drunken co-worker karaoke strikes fear in your heart.

But here’s one party you can look forward to: Every Person on the Planet, a genius, laugh-out-loud storybook for adults that details the scintillating highs and lurid lows of a rather unusual holiday soiree wherein a quiet Brooklyn couple plans a party and, overwhelmed by the politics of the guest list, decide to invite everyone in the world.

And everyone in the world shows up — all six and a half billion of them. All the celebrities, politicians, and musicians. The weepers and the flirts. Even the citizens of the Eastern European republics, who were insulted because their invitations arrived late, and a couple of intergalactic party crashers.

Author Bruce Eric Kaplan (aka BEK), whose cartoons are instantly recognizable to readers of The New Yorker, lends his distinctive, Charles Schulz-meets-Samuel Beckett-meets-Noel Coward style and sensibility to this mordant, hilarious, and scarily perceptive little book.

It’ll put your office party in perspective — or at least take your mind off it.

And, hey, now you have the perfect gift for your secret Santa.

Available online at amazon.com or at your local bookstore.