Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

by

Hardcover, 128 pages

English language

Published Oct. 25, 2005 by HarperEntertainment.

ISBN:
978-0-06-052649-8
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OCLC Number:
51842672

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4 stars (19 reviews)

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5 stars

I can't believe how old this book is already, stumbled across it whilst looking in a box in the loft.

If you are a fan of Tim Burton's a nightmare before Christmas and corpse bride then you'll love this book. The illustrations are stunning and really freaky, the poems themselves are pretty messed up. There are a lot about kids and babies and couples trying for a baby, the results of which don't end well. The titles are genius, examples; Jimmy, the hideous penguin boy and the boy with nails in his eyes. It's an odd mind that managed to come up with these.

Blog review: felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/the-melancholy-death-of-oyster-boy-and-other-stories-by-tim-burton/

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Subjects

  • Humorous
  • Fiction - General
  • Fiction
  • Form - Limericks & Verse
  • Short Stories (single author)
  • Fiction / Short Stories (single author)