Saint Melissa the Mottled

by Edward Gorey and Noelle Crooks

Book Overview

Saint Melissa was canonized not for her performance of healing miracles and martyrdom, but despite (or because of?) her Miracles of Destruction-rough-and-tumble hijinks and dabbles in the supernatural. Instead of the skills proper young ladies studied, Saint Melissa was adept at the bringing on of migraines, the refinement of lust, and the involutions of penmanship and calligrams. And as Gorey wrote, "letters she wrote are still to be delivered, traps...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608198855
• ISBN13: 9781608198856
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 7.4"