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As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts
Written by Matthew Burgess. Illustrated by Marc Majewski.
Written by Matthew Burgess. Illustrated by Marc Majewski.
Edward Gorey is as iconic as he is enigmatic: a child prodigy who grew up to live exactly the way he wanted, surrounded by books, cats and the macabre. Majewski's bold, fluid, colorful illustrations are in stark contrast to Gorey's Gothic style, but perfectly capture a life full of wonder, whimsy and, did I mention, cats?