The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (John Updike and Edward Gorey)

Two American masters team up to tickle your funny bone in this little stocking stuffer. Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist John Updike wrote the text, which, among other holiday musings, questions the motives of Santa Claus: “A man of no plausible address, with no apparent source for his considerable wealth, comes down the chimney after midnight while decent, law-abiding citizens are snug in their beds—is this not, at the least, cause for alarm?” And Updike’s jaundiced take on Christmas is perfectly complemented by the darkly humorous drawings of Edward Gorey, whose trademark anxious naifs are here beset by ubiquitous yuletide misfortune. Ho-ho-ouch!

Hardcover Smyth-sewn book, with jacket 32 pages, with more than a dozen black-and-white illustrations 

High-quality, premium stock matte art paper 

Exceptional color reproduction 

Printed with soy-based inks 

Sewn binding ensures long-lasting enjoyment 

Size: 4.25 x 5.75 in.