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| The Twelve Terrors of Christmas | 
 enlarge | Author: John Updike
Creator: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
Category: Book
Buy New: $9.95
Buy New/Used from $6.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 60524
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0764937103
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780764937101
ASIN: 0764937103
Publication Date: May 2006
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Product Description
Edward Gorey's off-kilter depictions of Yuletide mayhem and John Updike's wryly jaundiced text examine a dozen Christmas traditions with a decidedly wheezy ho-ho-ho. This long out-of-print classic is the perfect stocking-stuffer for any bah humbug. 32 pages, smyth-sewn casebound book, with jacket.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Sampling our Holiday Delusions November 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Twelve Terrors of Christmas--a delightful tongue-in-cheek revelation in 12 vignettes of the situations we mere mortals find ourselves while seeking the perfect, unblemished holiday--has quickly become a holiday classic. It may be anti expectations but never anti Christmas. Twelve cheers for a true winner.
 Deck the Halls - Bluntly July 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Twelve Terrors is as demented as I'd hoped for. John Updike's prose gives Christmas the kick in the teeth it secretly wants, and Edward Gorey's illustrations are just the right wrapping paper for the beating.
I'm only disappointed that Updike isn't as good a vehicle for Gorey's illustrations as Gorey himself. I was hoping for another dose Gashlycrumb Tinies (Gorey at his best) but I set my hopes too high with this collaboration.
Twelve Terrors is a bedtime story that steers kids away from piggish consumerism, carries them through angry cynicism, and finally ushers them into thoughtful enlightenment.
 yes, look b/f you buy March 20, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have to echo some previous sentiments. I saw this book in a bookstore and "leafed through" it, I love Gorey and irreverent Xmas books, so I sent it as a gift to some close family members. They hated it and were baffled at why anyone would send it! So look before you leap, especially if you usually like Gorey and think this might be a good gift for fellow travelers. I think it's not what it appears to be.
 Hilarious Humbug December 10, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Bah to those who found this book slight and unfunny. This is the anti-Christmas cold pricklies for those who don't enjoy the warm fuzzies of the season (and even for those who do). This is a sarcastic, cynical look at some Christmas traditions, and I found it funny and even a little insightful. I thought the illustrations were gloomy and in keeping with the tone of the book. Ebenezer Scrooge would have kept this book on his coffee table, but he was probably too cheap to buy it. A nice gift for someone who prefers hemlock to holly and avoids mistletoe.
Really like Edward Gorey's style of writing November 14, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I really like Edward Gorey's style of writing-kind of dark and quirky-not really for children. Very tongue in cheek and funny.I buy all his book I can get andf also like his drawings.
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