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239 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
September, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59990-118-3$12.95
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
David Roberts.
Edgar visits his creepy Uncle Montague, who tells him scary stories. Despite a few run-on sentences and too-flowery descriptions, this collection contains some original and quite frightening tales. Some are absorbing and entertaining, others are weak, but they are appropriately gruesome in a polite Victorian way. Black-and-white line drawings enhance the mood by channeling Edward Gorey.