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Size: x in. ISBN Edward Gorey. Artist and author Edward Gorey (American, ) is beloved for the boundless imagination and sharp humor exhibited in his more than published works. Gorey was also a set and costume designer for innumerable theater productions, including a staging of Bram Stoker's Dracula, for. "The Twelve Terrors Of Christmas" by John Updike. Buy on Amazon. Add to library. In this satire, Updike notes the many sketchy, shady, and simply strange aspects of the holiday season. For instance, Santa Claus — what does he do those other 11 months of the year? Combined with the Gothic drawings of Edward Gorey, this darkly comedic. As I mused on this a few days ago, I pulled a volume of short fiction from the shelf in my study and re-read a favorite Christmas story — John Updike's The Carol Sing. In his moving little first-person piece, Updike's narrator describes a Christmas-time carol sing in his fictitious hometown of Tarbox.
The Twelve Terrors is as demented as I’d hoped for. John Updike’s prose gives Christmas the kick in the teeth it secretly wants, and Edward Gorey’s illustrations are just the right wrapping paper for the beating. I’m only disappointed that Updike isn’t as good a vehicle for Gorey’s illustrations as Gorey himself. John Updite and Edward Gorey: The Twelve Terrors of Christmas. A first edition of The Twelve Terrors of Christmas () is signed by both author John Updike and illustrator Edward Gorey. These two talents are sorely missed. Attempted Bloggery supports net neutrality. The Twelve Terrors of Christmas. by John Updike. See Customer Reviews. Edward Gorey's off-kilter depictions of Yuletide mayhem and John Updike's wryly jaundiced text examine a dozen Christmas traditions with a decidedly wheezy ho-ho-ho. This long out-of-print classic is the perfect stocking-stuffer for any bah humbug.
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