{"product_id":"9780008329839_born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-genius-of-edward-gorey","title":"Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e’A genius book about a bookish genius’ Daniel Handler, author of \u003cem\u003eA Series of Unfortunate Events\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Gashlycrumb Tinies\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Doubtful Guest\u003c\/em\u003e, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known – in the late 1940s, no less – to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes – but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker, Gilbert \u0026amp; Sullivan, and others. At the same time, he was a deeply complicated and conflicted individual, a man whose art reflected his obsessions with the disquieting and the darkly hilarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, \u003cem\u003eBorn to be Posthumous\u003c\/em\u003e draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis literary masterpiece by Mark Dery is a deep dive into the life of Edward Gorey, one of the best figures in the realm of macabre nonsense. Born to be Posthumous is a top-rated gothic autobiography that reveals the man behind the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Lucy Worsley (Jane Austen at Home), Stephen King (The Institute), Lissa Evans (Picnic on Craggy Island), David Sedaris (Happy-Go-Lucky), and Stanley Tucci (What I Ate in One Year).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Dery, Read by Adam Sims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889610903701,"sku":"9780008329839","price":39.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008329839_3eab0f94-5671-4c66-8009-33973f146535.jpg?v=1776888192","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008329839_born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-genius-of-edward-gorey","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}