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The doubtful guest shows up unannounced and unwelcome, yet its presence is accepted after only a brief interlude of screaming. The staid, pale, Victorian inhabitants of the mansion alternately stare and glare at the doubtful guest as it tears out whole chapters from books, peels the soles of its white canvas shoes, and broods while lying on the floor ("inconveniently close to the drawing-room door"). Strangely, or rather, typically, as this is a Gorey book, the stymied occupants never ask the guest to leave--and in 17 years it has still "shown no intention of going away." Maintaining a matter-of-fact tone in spite of true oddity is pure, delicious Gorey, and his trademark drawings are not to be missed. The ghostly, stark, and undeniably amusing illustrations make The Doubtful Guest an entrancing tale in which reserved, insular lives meet with the unexpected and bizarre. (Ages 5 and older)
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Book Description Condition: Good. NY: Doubleday 1957. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover 16mo. Unpaginated. B/w illustrations. Good in a fair dust jacket. Foxing, toning to covers and endpapers. Slight wear to spine ends. Owner's small blindstamp at top corner of front endpaper. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is foxed, toned, edgeworn and chipped. Rear panel has some edge tears. (humor, comics, picture book) Inquire if you need further information. Seller Inventory # B38161-HU