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The melancholy death of Oyster Boy & other stories

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Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton.

Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Nightmare Before Christmas, among others - now gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children: misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds.

His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of these hopeful, yet hapless beings.

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Product Details
Faber & Faber
057122444X / 9780571224449
Paperback / softback
811.6
18/11/2004
United Kingdom
English
113 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Rob Weisbach, 1997; London: Faber, 1998.