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The West Wing

Edward Gorey author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:2nd Nov '09

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Perennial favorite: Gorey's books sell well year after year Perfect gift or impulse buy: the small, distinctive format of Gorey's books make them perfect for display at the front of a store

"One of Mr. Gorey's wordless masterworks." --New York TimesEdward Gorey's The West Wing is an invitation to the imagination. On each page, a room beckons, inviting the reader to wonder why three shoes lie here abandoned, what is retreating in that mirror's reflection, or why there is an imprint of a body on the wallpaper, faded and floating four feet above the floor. A wordless mystery, it is one of Gorey's finest works.

'Gorey's unique talent should be represented as completely as possible in every collection of American art and literature.' Booklist 'Irresistible black-and-white drawings...irrepressible wordplay.' New York Times '[Gorey creates] dark masterpieces of surreal morality...beautifully depicted.' Vanity Fair 'One of the most original artistic and literary minds in late 20th Century America' Los Angeles Times

ISBN: 9781408805169

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

64 pages

UK ed.