The Doubtful Guest
by Edward Gorey
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Author: Edward GoreyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-06-15
ISBN: 0151003130
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Book Review: "It Betrayed A Great Liking For Peering Up Flues..."
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my single favorite Edward Gorey book, partially because of the amusing couplets it is written in, but mostly because of the appearance of the guest himself, which never ceases to amuse me. The concept of a strange creature who mysteriously visits and decides to stay (seventeen years) while exercising odd whims (like fits in which he removes all towels from the bath or hiding inside a soup tureen) is particularly suited to Gorey's odd brand of humor (although it is not one of his more unusual books, by any stretch of the imagination.)
I have liked Edward Gorey since I was in my teens, and still find him as unique and entertaining as ever. This is my very favorite Gorey book, and would make an excellent introduction to one of the oddest cartoonists of the twentieth century.
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