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Originally released in paperback in 2000, The Strange Case Edward Gorey, a biography of the illustrator and children’s book creator, was written by Alexander Theroux who combines artistic analysis, personal reminiscence (the two were friends and neighbors for over 25 years), and an intimate familiarity with Gorey’s œuvre to create the most revealing and intimate portrait yet of the beloved but reclusive and enigmatic artist.
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About the Author
Alexander Theroux is an award-winning novelist, poet, and teacher whose prose works include Laura Warholic or, The Sexual Intellectual, Estonia, and the two artist monographs The Strange Case of Edward Gorey and The Enigma of Al Capp. His novel Darconville’s Cat was chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the 99 greatest post-war novels. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and children.
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“An addictively readable book, stuffed with scandalous morsels of gossip, piquant table talk (Gorey and Theroux were friends), the author’s staircase wit, and his sharply perceptive insights into the mind and art of the incalculable, eccentric Gorey. A poisoned bon-bon of a book. To be read aloud to a friend, in bed, with a glass of absinthe on the night table.”
- Mark Dery
“The Strange Case of Edward Gorey revels in Gorey’s intelligence, wit, and marvelous eccentricities.”
- Alex Beam, The Boston Globe
“This is a loving memoir of a singular artist, written by a best friend, one of the most talented novelists in America.”
- The Gay & Lesbian Review
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- PublisherFantagraphics Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1606993844
- ISBN 13 9781606993842
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages96
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