Like other legendary milestones of literature that have been stolen, burned, mutilated or buried, it was taken for granted that this infamous book series was lost for eternity. Of course, in the late 1980s, many were convinced that a true and definitive collection of these tales was found under a pile of yellow sapsucker's dung at the base of Toccoa Falls in Northeast Georgia. However, after carbon dating proved this collection was a hoax, even the most diehard scholars gave up hope of the world ever bearing witness to an authentic series of these wondrously grotesque tales.
However, just this year, Prof. Odysseus Malodorus, B.S., M.S. PhD., has discovered the one and only extant copy of this book, annotated it, and in conjunction with Creepy Little Productions and illustrator, Madame M., the book has finally been published.
For those who are unfamiliar with this mythical series, The Tales of the Truly Grotesque tells the totally true adventures of a webbed-footed, webbed-handed, brilliant 13 year-old girl named Joan of Arkansas who is being chased around the world by one of the top five most villainous men of all time, flea-circus ringmaster and pencil-neck geek, Lazlo Bleak and his band of merry side-show freaks.
This deluxe, illustrated, annotated edition features hundreds of footnotes to help young adult readers learn vocabulary words. Written in the vein of the works of Roald Dahl and the films of Tim Burton, this series has already developed a cult following.
Prof. Malodorus, who is best known as the author of 101 Ways to Make Flatulence Work for You, is annotating Book 2, Hook, Lion & Stinker right now and it should be out soon...
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