Edward Gorey: The Sopping Thursday
Long out of print, a Gorey jewel is back, complete with unique gray‑and‑black illustrations and a surprisingly happy ending. (Still, some will fret a bit about the child featured in the final picture.) Eminent literary critic Edmund Wilson considered this tale of a missing umbrella, a distressed man, an agile thief, a harangued sales clerk, an endangered child, and a brave dog one of Gorey's best, "a brilliant discovery." Hardcover, 64 pages, 30 illustrations
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