Product Description

The annual charity fte at Backwater Hall in Mortshire is disrupted by the mysterious death of Lord Wherewithal and the theft of the Lisping Elbow. Confusion and misgivings abound. And, alas, the Earl of Thump's stuffed thisby is found disemboweled by the edge of the lake. Dr. Belgravius and his nephew, Luke Touchpaper, attempt to tie the loose ends together and wonder why Miss Underfold was seen wearing a hat decorated with black lilies. And why was Victoria Scone dancing the tango with Horace Gollop in The Soiled Dove? Edward Gorey creates an intriguing and sharply mordant world and leaves us his own mystery-what has happened to the missing Night Bandage, volume two of the Mortshire secrets?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185164 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-24
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .39" h x 7.00" w x 6.75" l, .40 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

From Amazon.com
Lord Wherewithal is dead at Backwater Hall, Horace Gollop cavorts with Victoria Scone, and (perhaps most unsettling of all!) someone has offended decorum by disemboweling a stuffed thisby belonging to the Earl of Thump in The Other Statue, Edward Gorey's latest feat of macabre artistry and elliptical mystery. Come join the party! --Tim Appelo

Review
Lord Wherewithal is dead at Backwater Hall, Horace Gollop cavorts with Victoria Scone, and (perhaps most unsettling of all!) someone has offended decorum by disemboweling a stuffed thisby belonging to the Earl of Thump in The Other Statue, Edward Gorey's latest feat of macabre artistry and elliptical mystery. Come join the party! (Amazon.com Review - Tim Appelo )

"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling [and] a brilliant draftsman." (The New York Times Book Review )

Vanity Fair
"Dark masterpieces of surreal morality...beautifully depicted."