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Millions of readers of the New York Times best-selling A Series of Unfortunate Events have been asking the same questions: Who is Lemony Snicket? Why has his face never been captured on film? Why is he so obsessed with three unlucky orphans and a woman named Beatrice? Why is he sought after by authorities, feared by associates, avoided by friends?
Finally, here is the definitive — and only — book for anyone interested in learning more about the alarmingly elusive author. All available documentation of Snicket's shocking past has been gathered, sorted, annotated, and is now available to the general public. Here is a collection of what can only be called "evidence" — writings, photographs, mysterious diagrams, and even several disorienting maps, accompanied by captions, an introduction, and extensive index. Together, these pieces will shed light on a life that until now has been shrouded in darkness and will finally answer the question on everyone's mind: What do we really know about Lemony Snicket?
Reviews:
"Admirers of the saddening yet very important work that
Mr. Snicket has done in his A Series of Unfortunate Events
books have long been concerned about the tragic and elusive
author. This book will answer some of their questions, although
perhaps they would rather not know." Laura Miller,
Salon.com
"A certain maniacal glee went into the creation of this
archly humorous volume. Beginning with the suggestion on the
front flap of the dust jacket to disguise its dangerous contents
(Make use of this book's reversible jacket immediately), readers
will know they're in possession of something deliciously left
of normal." Publishers Weekly
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Margaret always knew that her family was a little strange.
Not that she was exactly normal herself After all, she did
do her sixth-grade science report on a pack of killer Chihuahuas.
Even stranger was the fact that Margaret's mother never seemed
to talk about anything anymore — not since the mysterious
drowning death of Margaret's father three years earlier. Then
Margaret's mother takes her and her little sister, Sophie,
to an old abandoned mansion and places a FOR SALE BY OWNER
sign in the front yard. But who could have lived there? And
why was her mother keeping it all such a secret?
Convinced that her father's death, her mother's silence,
and the mansion are somehow related, Margaret returns to the
spooky old house alone, determined to make sense of three
clues: a swimming medal, a key, and a strange, handwritten
comic book about a boy who turned into a rat. With the help
of Boyd, the lonely, comic-book-obsessed boy next door, she
discovers that truth can be stranger than fiction — depending
upon who's telling the story.
An offbeat mystery about coincidence, fate, and the many
different ways to tell the same story, How to Disappear
Completely and Never Be Found is the unforgettable tale
of a twelve year-old girl who discovers just how terribly
beautiful and wonderfully bizarre the world and the people
around her can be.
Reviews:
"[E]ngrossing, thematically rich, and atmospheric."
Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will easily suspend disbelief as they sink into the Twilight Zone-like plot, and Comport's comic-book artwork not only extends the plot of the novel but also stands on its own as fully realized ministories." Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist
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