BORN TO BE POSTHUMOUS: THE ECCENTRIC LIFE/ EDWARD GOREY (PB)

From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways. But who was the man behind the Oscar Wildean pose? Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, this is the definitive biography of the eccentric master of macabre nonsense.