During a period of twenty years--from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken's classic pulp magazine The Black Mask in the early 1930s, through the publication of his novels The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely, to his career as a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1940s--Raymond Chandler kept a series of private notebooks.
Drawn from those journals, The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler offers an intimate view of the writer at work, revealing early ideas, descriptions, and anecdotes that would later be used in The Long Goodbye, The Blue...
During a period of twenty years--from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken's classic pulp magazine The Black Mask in the early 19...
'Thirty-five imaginative and humorous poems for an adult and a child to read aloud together. . . . The entertaining verses are varied as to length, rhythm, and subject and are illustrated with harmoniously amusing drawings.' --BL.
'Thirty-five imaginative and humorous poems for an adult and a child to read aloud together. . . . The entertaining verses are varied as to length, rh...
Gorey s naughty, hilarious travesty of lust, now reissued in a special gift edition. A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman ("New York Times Book Review"). "
Gorey s naughty, hilarious travesty of lust, now reissued in a special gift edition. A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant dra...
A new, small-format edition of one of Edward Gorey's "dark masterpieces of surreal morality" (Vanity Fair): a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet.
A new, small-format edition of one of Edward Gorey's "dark masterpieces of surreal morality" (Vanity Fair): a witty, disquieting journey throug...
A vaguely sinister comedy of manners by beloved artist Edward Gorey Told in a set of fourteen rhyming couplets, "The Doubtful Guest" is the story of a solemn, mysterious, outdoor creature, dressed rather ordinarily in sneakers and a scarf, who appears on a winter night at a family's Victorian home and never leaves again. Gorey's eerie and charming illustrations accompany the verses, making this an enjoyably strange (and strangely enjoyable) read for all ages."
A vaguely sinister comedy of manners by beloved artist Edward Gorey Told in a set of fourteen rhyming couplets, "The Doubtful Guest" is the story of a...
A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the incredibly sophisticated . . . stylish and inventive Edward Gorey (New York Observer). Now available in a special gift edition. "
A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the incredibly sophisticated . . . stylish and inventive Edward Gorey (Ne...
Gorey has never been funnier or more impossible to resist ("Boston Herald") than in this peculiar retelling of Charles Dickens s "A Christmas Carol." "
Gorey has never been funnier or more impossible to resist ("Boston Herald") than in this peculiar retelling of Charles Dickens s "A Christmas Carol."<...
It's difficult to say what The Iron Tonic is about, although it is "known the skating pond conceals a family of enormous eels," and that "the light is fading from the day. The rest is darkness and dismay." Finally, though, The Iron Tonic could be seen as Edward Gorey's version of a winter afternoon in one of the great Russian novels of the nineteenth century.
It's difficult to say what The Iron Tonic is about, although it is "known the skating pond conceals a family of enormous eels," and that "the l...
Inspired by Samuel Foote's poem, "The Grand Panjandrum," "The Object-Lesson" presents a stunning series of seemingly random and unrelated events. A missing artificial limb, ghostly spectres, and the statue of Corrupted Endeavour all have a place in this enigmatic tale, which combines elements of French surrealism, Japanese haiku, and lots of good fun. With its humorous obscurity and puzzling intrigues, "The Object-Lesson" delights and provokes.
Inspired by Samuel Foote's poem, "The Grand Panjandrum," "The Object-Lesson" presents a stunning series of seemingly random and unrelated events. A mi...
For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward Gorey, these short, funny pieces offer moral instruction for all types of mischief makers from a certain young Jim, "who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion," to the tale of Matilda, "who told lies and was burned to death and add up to a delightful read for any fan of Roald Dahl or Shel...
For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's w...
