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The Headless Bust

by Edward Gorey, Patrick Mauriès

MillenniumPoetryMelancholyHumorMillennium (Eschatology)Pictorial Wit and humorComics & graphic novels, general

An Englishman takes to the road in the company of a philosophical bug, their observations skewering everything English. "The private rooms of Monsieur H-- / Were known for being oh so posh; / Then it was learned that all his druthers / Were still the property of others."

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Book data: Open Library