Another bizarre rhyming alphabet of death, destruction and dreadful demises. Nobody does this better than Edward Gorey. ( )

Another bizarre rhyming alphabet of death, destruction and dreadful demises. Nobody does this better than Edward Gorey. ( )

Another bizarre rhyming alphabet of death, destruction and dreadful demises. Nobody does this better than Edward Gorey. ( )

from 'Apparition' to 'Zouave', October 22, 2014

This review is from: The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet (Paperback)
An alphabet, each letter standing for a person, accompanied by a wonderful little four-line verse and b/w illustration. I particularly liked M:
'The Magnate waits upon the pavement
For his enormous limousine,
And ponders further child-enslavement
And other projects still more mean.'

Gorey has a great skill with words and just has the reader laughing out loud. ( )