Published February 1974 by Abelard-Schuman
Hard-cover
127 pages
Another quirky collection by Edward Gorey. Again we have the wonderful pen and ink drawing combined with the droll dark humour Gorey is known for.
The book consists of a selection of Limericks about various people in mostly dreary ominous situations. Some of these include throwing children at ceilings, murder, suicide and bathing in brine. Delightful. I can imagine this was quite controversial in 1954.
As before these tales of dark humour will not amuse everyone. I think several are animated shorts waiting to happen. They would look amazing animated classically in the same pen and ink styles as the original drawings.
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This book looks amazing! I wonder how he managed to get published in 1954 with such dark humor :)
ReplyDeleteI thought the exact same thing :)
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