‘One of our most dazzling literary conjurers.’ Michael Chabon
Dear Reader,
If you are looking for a passionate romance, a slick political thriller or,
perhaps, a ripping yarn with volcanos, pirates and ghosts; a book where
everything ends neatly and makes perfect, unequivocal sense, then I’m
afraid this is not the book you’re looking for.
If you like stories about degenerate French poetry, second-hand bookshops,
eccentric acting troupes, adulterous vicars, balloons with cryptic messages
scrawled upon them and diamonds concealed in the sole of a woman’s shoe
– then, please, read on...
Known to most as Lemony Snicket, the tormented narrator of A Series of
Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler spends his days writing – for children
and adults; film and television; and, on occasion, the accordion. Tracing his
life in books from his first encounter with Baudelaire at a local library, And
Then? And Then? What Else? offers a witty, poignant exploration of reading,
writing and why we tell stories.
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