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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780764937101
ISBN: 0764937103
Label: Pomegranate Communications
Manufacturer: Pomegranate Communications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 2006-05
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
Sales Rank: 38369
Studio: Pomegranate Communications
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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. 32 pages, smyth-sewn casebound book, with jacket.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Sampling our Holiday DelusionsThe Twelve Terrors of Christmas--a delightful tongue-in-cheek revelation in 12 vignettes of the situations we mere mortals find ourselves while seeking the perfect, unblemished holiday--has quickly become a holiday classic. It may be anti expectations but never anti Christmas. Twelve cheers for a true winner.
Rating:
- Deck the Halls - BluntlyThe 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. I was hoping for another dose Gashlycrumb Tinies (Gorey at his best) but I set my hopes too high with this collaboration.
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Rating:
- yes, look b/f you buyI have to echo some previous sentiments. I saw this book in a bookstore and "leafed through" it, I love Gorey and irreverent Xmas books, so I sent it as a gift to some close family members. They hated it and were baffled at why anyone would send it! So look before you leap, especially if you usually like Gorey and think this might be a good gift for fellow travelers. I think it's not what it appears to be.
Rating:
- Hilarious HumbugBah to those who found this book slight and unfunny. This is the anti-Christmas cold pricklies for those who don't enjoy the warm fuzzies of the season (and even for those who do). This is a sarcastic, cynical look at some Christmas traditions, and I found it funny and even a little insightful. I thought the illustrations were gloomy and in keeping with the tone of the book. Ebenezer Scrooge would have kept this book on his coffee table, but he was probably too cheap to buy it. A nice gift for someone ... Read More
Rating:
- Really like Edward Gorey's style of writingI really like Edward Gorey's style of writing-kind of dark and quirky-not really for children. Very tongue in cheek and funny.I buy all his book I can get andf also like his drawings.
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