{"product_id":"holiday-book-john-updike-edward-gorey-the-twelve-terrors-of-christmas","title":"Holiday Book - John Updike \u0026 Edward Gorey - The Twelve Terrors of Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo American masters team up to tickle your funny bone in this little stocking stuffer\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize–winning novelist John Updike wrote the text, which, among other holiday musings, questions the motives of Santa Claus: “A man of no plausible address, with no apparent source for his considerable wealth, comes down the chimney after midnight while decent, law-abiding citizens are snug in their beds—is this not, at the least, cause for alarm?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Updike’s jaundiced take on Christmas is perfectly complemented by the darkly humorous drawings of Edward Gorey, whose trademark anxious naifs are here beset by ubiquitous yuletide misfortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHo-ho-\u003cem\u003eouch!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHardcover Smyth-sewn book, with jacket 32 pages, with more than a dozen black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHigh-quality, premium stock matte art paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExceptional color reproduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePrinted with soy-based inks\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSewn binding ensures long-lasting enjoyment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 4.25 x 5.75 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: Edward Gorey (American, 1925–2000)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorey is beloved for the boundless imagination and sharp humor exhibited in his more than 100 published works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorey was also a set and costume designer for innumerable theater productions, including a staging of Bram Stoker’s \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, for which he won a Tony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe had a profound affection for literature, film, ballet, and animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCats and other odd creatures appear in many of his crosshatched illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis humorously unsettling drawings of vaguely Victorian innocents facing unfortunate ends became familiar to a wide audience after appearing in the opening credits of the PBS television series \u003cem\u003eMystery!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorey’s Cape Cod home, a veritable cabinet of curiosities, is now a museum celebrating his life and work. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpdike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate Communications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52513064124692,"sku":"189937","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/1086\/0564\/files\/d65e4116A128_01.png?v=1779044419","url":"https:\/\/homeportonline.com\/products\/holiday-book-john-updike-edward-gorey-the-twelve-terrors-of-christmas","provider":"Homeport","version":"1.0","type":"link"}