The perfectly creepy, amusing book that inspired Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro.A is for AMY who fell down the stairsB is for BASIL assaulted by bearsC is for CLARA who wasted away... ... and so it goes on, an A to Z of poor little orphans and their untimely ends. (Right up to the unfortunate ZILLA, who simply drank too much gin.)This collector''s edition of Edward Gorey''s pocket-sized masterpiece comes in a special slipcase with ribbon.