A peek inside Edward Gorey’s modern Gothic world

Mark Dery attempts to dispel some of the mystery in “Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey,” the first full-length biography of Gorey. It brings us closer than ever to understanding a man devoted to enigmas; yet, after showing us so much about Gorey’s artistic life, even his biographer is obliged to admit that “the man who loved mysteries was himself a mystery — even to himself, it seems.” BORN TO BE POSTHUMOUS
The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
By Mark Dery
Little, Brown.

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