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The Willowdale Handcar: or the Return of the Black Doll |  | Author: Edward Gorey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Category: Book
List Price: $10.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 527755
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 64
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.2 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0151010358
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780151010356
ASIN: 0151010358
Publication Date: October 6, 2003
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Product Description
In this enigmatic, surreal, wonderfully entertaining tale, three mysterious figures set out from Willowdale, traveling by handcar. On the way to nowhere in particular they pass a number of odd characters and observe a series of baffling phenomena, from a house burning down in a field to a palatial mansion perched precariously on a bluff.
At once deeply vexing and utterly hilarious, darkly mysterious and amusingly absurd, The Willowdale Handcar is vintage Edward Gorey.
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| Customer Reviews:
A tale for the Age of Uncertainty. January 3, 2007
A. Davis (Batavia, IL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you have given up on trying to find meanings, or causes and effects, a Gorey book will be just right for you, and this is pne of his best.
Edward Gorey at His Best January 6, 2009
Valento
The Willowdale Handcar is hilarious. The main characters inexplicably ride a handcar past all kinds of shocking and tragic scenes, about which they barely even comment. An underlying mystery develops but remains only vaguely resolved. Edward Gorey's characters are colorful and entertainingly odd.
Deliciously Absurd December 11, 2003
J. Black (Ontario, Canada)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Those who know Edward Gorey know his humour is not for everyone. That said, for those who appreciate this shade of humour (often also fans of the likes of Tim Burton and Charles Addams), this will be a treat. I'll admit that I laughed myself silly with The Willowdale Handcart.
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