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The Other Statue
Edward Gorey

    9780151006960 Hardcover
0151006962
$12.00
64pages
Available
Trim Size: 6-3/4 x 6-1/2
Copyright Year:
Territory: US, C, O

Synopsis
The annual charity f-te at Backwater Hall in Mortshire is disrupted by the mysterious death of Lord Wherewithal and the theft of the Lisping Elbow. Confusion and misgivings abound. And, alas, the Earl of Thump's stuffed thisby is found disemboweled by the edge of the lake. Dr. Belgravius and his nephew, Luke Touchpaper, attempt to tie the loose ends together and wonder why Miss Underfold was seen wearing a hat decorated with black lilies. And why was Victoria Scone dancing the tango with Horace Gollop in The Soiled Dove?

Edward Gorey creates an intriguing and sharply mordant world and leaves us his own mystery-what has happened to the missing Night Bandage, volume two of the Mortshire secrets?



Praise
PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY

"Dark masterpieces of surreal morality...beautifully depicted."-Vanity Fair

"Edward Gorey's work is remarkable and mysterious. I find it fascinating."-Max Ernst

"A major graphic artist...his originality is profound."-Commentary

"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling [and] a brilliant draftsman."-The New York Times Book Review






Biography

Edward Gorey worked as an illustrator, theatre designer, and author before his death in 2000.



General Subjects
Art- Techniques/Cartooning
Art- Individual Artist
Art- Techniques/Pen & Ink Drawing
Fiction- Graphic Novels
Humor- Comic Books, Strips, etc.



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