My family’s curious correspondence with Edward Gorey
A delightful account of being a teenage pen-pal with Gorey
Over time, we discussed a range of topics: the Moors murders, the benefits provided by a ha-ha, Gustave Doré’s views about the London slums, Lillian Gish in The Wind, Japanese ghost behaviour in the Edo era, spirit photography, London’s cheap bookstores, Rudolf Nureyev’s feet, illicit dissections and why green wallpaper had killed Victorians.
TCJ is doing a series of features on Gorey for his centenary.