Amazon.com Review
Anyone familiar with Lemony Snicket's horribly bleak, utterly appalling Series of Unfortunate Events will not be surprised that the 2004 edition of
Lemony Snicket's Calendar of Unfortunate Events represents 13 months and not the usual 12. Each calendar month serves up some sort of Snicket-alia, whether it's an unpleasant (yet artfully composed) illustration of the three beleaguered Baudelaire orphans by Brett Helquist or a mysterious black-and-white photo of Snicket kneeling before Beatrice's grave. The days of the month are sometimes marked with special moments in history such as August 5, "Birthday of John Merrick, also known as 'Elephant Man,'" or January 21, "King Louis XVI of France executed via guillotine, a French term for losing one's head." Other days simply offer friendly warnings, such as "Catching snowflakes in one's mouth can lead to a cold tongue" or "An evening sail on a full moon, beneath an ocean or large lake, can be deadly." Snicket fans will revel in delicious oddity of this wall calendar whose snippet of advice for December 25 is "Beware of burglars entering the chimney."
--Karin Snelson
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Lemony Snicket was born before you were, and is likely to die before you as well. His family has roots in a part of the country which is now underwater, and his childhood was spent in the relative splendor of the Snicket Villa which has since become a factory, a fortress and a pharmacy and is now, alas, someone else's villa.
To the untrained eye, Mr. Snicket's hometown would not appear to be filled with secrets. Untrained eyes have been wrong before. The aftermath of the scandal was swift, brutal and inaccurately reported in the periodicals of the day. It is true, however, that Mr. Snicket was stripped of several awards by the reigning authorities, including Honorable Mention, the Grey Ribbon and First Runner Up. The High Council reached a convenient if questionable verdict and Mr. Snicket found himself in exile.
Though his formal training was chiefly in rhetorical analysis, he has spent the last several eras researching the travails of the Baudelaire orphans. This project, being published serially by HarperCollins, takes him to the scenes of numerous crimes, often during the off-season. Eternally pursued and insatiably inquisitive, a hermit and a nomad, Mr. Snicket wishes you nothing but the best.
