![]() ![]() An eccentric, funny book for either the uninitiated or diehard Gorey fans. "The Gashlycrumb Tinies," for example, begins like this: "A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears," and so on. This book is part nonesense rhymes, part macabre morality tales, and part astute life observations. The works here are of several different styles. ![]() While it doesnt contain his most notorious book-THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES in the first AMPHIGOREY, I found this to be the most consistent amusing of his three anthologies. Many of Gorey's tales involve untimely deaths and dreadful mishaps, but much like tragic Irish ballads with their perky rhythms and melodies, they come off as strangely lighthearted. Amphigorey contains 15 books, including my favorites The Doubtful Guest, The Unstrung Harp, The Hapless Child, The Curious Sofa, and of course The Gashlycrumb Tinies. AMPHIGOREY ALSO is another compendium of Edward Goreys stories in the form of pen-and-ink drawings with pithy captions. Clavius Frederick Earbrass: "He must be mad to go on enduring the unexquisite agony of writing when it all turns out drivel." In "The Listing Attic," you'll find a set of quirky limericks such as "A certain young man, it was noted, / Went about in the heat thickly coated / He said, 'You may scoff, / But I shan't take it off / Underneath I am horribly bloated.' " ![]() ![]() The first book of 15, "The Unstrung Harp," describes the writing process of novelist Mr. As always, Gorey's painstakingly cross- hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. ![]()
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