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, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known--in the late 1940s, no less--to traipse around...

En El ala oeste no hay palabras, y el protagonista es una casa donde las grietas y el empapelado de las paredes, el sinsentido de las escaleras y las puertas y la turbulencia de los suelos, son más intensos que los pocos seres vivos que deambulan por ella como fantasmas --from Amazon.

Profiles the education and eccentric brilliance of writer and artist Edward Gorey, discussing the creative process that led to more than 100 children's books and inspired a generation of creators, from Lemony Snicket to Tim Burton.