Edward Gorey and his rhymes and draws are just another world. I cannot just say surrealism, or gothic, or whatever you wanna call it. I can´t , I will just say the style is: edward gorey. This is one of my favourite books and remember that his work was never meant to children, just in case.
Since the Doubtful Guest looks a bit like a penguin, I'm particularly enamored.
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Now I long for a doubtful guest costume. Building the beak/nose would be the only tricky part, if one already happens to have a Doctor Who-like bizarrely long scarf, as who doesn't? Excellent costume for anyone who feels socially awkward, ie. at least half of humanity. Plus I'm short.
I never actually noticed the son growing up before this time, I don't think.
Personal copy
Books Read in the Past:One of Gorey's more sensical and linear works, though the doubtful guest itself remains reasonably inexplicable.The morning I turned 17, this showed up on my bedroom door: "It came seventeen years ago – and to this dayIt has shown no intention of going away"This solidified my already-deeply-felt identification with the doubtful guest.
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