Post by Christmas Chief on Nov 23, 2012 13:45:54 GMT -5
It cannot be denied Snicket is quite aware of his audience.
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A Lemony advisory: Thirteen reasons why Lemony Snicket's new series may unnerve readers of the National Post
Lemony Snicket is the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events. His latest book, Who Could That Be At This Hour?, is the first volume in a new series, All The Wrong Questions. It marks the first time the reclusive author has written about his childhood. We recently asked Snicket to tell his Canadian fans about the new book.
1. The just-published first volume is titled Who Could That Be At This Hour?, a question asked out loud in Canada far too often already, especially during long winter nights.
2. The series chronicles my childhood and apprenticeship in a secret, often misunderstood organization, which may remind you of Health Canada.
3. The setting for Who Could That Be At This Hour? is Stain’d-By-The-Sea, a small seaside town in which the sea has been drained away, leaving a lonely and eerie landscape that may feel familiar to inhabitants of the Northwest Territories.
4.The story concerns the theft of a precious statue of great mystery and power, not unlike The Grey Cup.
5. Who Could That Be At This Hour? marks the appearance of a shadowy villain who may prove to be too upsetting to those already familiar with Stephen Harper.
6. The book contains my memory of wearing wet socks, a horror no Canadian needs to relive.
7. The book features artwork by the renowned graphical novelist Seth, who has cast a gloomy if gorgeously rendered cloud over Canada for years previous.
8. Readers of National Post columnist John Moore will already be weary from accounts of a thwarted search for justice in a world blanketed by suspicion, deceit and despair.
9. The book contains the sentence “Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why,” which Winnipeggers will likely find alarming.
10. Maple syrup is referred to in a somewhat derisive tone.
11. The book contains my account of discovering a woman trapped in a basement which is quickly filling up with water. Reading it will likely sour Canadians on their many beautiful lakes, resulting in vacations even more dreary and dreadful than they already are.
12. The book contains very few apologies.
13. Who Could That Be At This Hour? is written by an American, and I would assume that readers of the National Post have had enough of their southern neighbour’s domineering demeanor and all of the cheap jokes often made at their expense. Although, in reading this over, perhaps they have not.
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A Lemony advisory: Thirteen reasons why Lemony Snicket's new series may unnerve readers of the National Post
Lemony Snicket is the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events. His latest book, Who Could That Be At This Hour?, is the first volume in a new series, All The Wrong Questions. It marks the first time the reclusive author has written about his childhood. We recently asked Snicket to tell his Canadian fans about the new book.
1. The just-published first volume is titled Who Could That Be At This Hour?, a question asked out loud in Canada far too often already, especially during long winter nights.
2. The series chronicles my childhood and apprenticeship in a secret, often misunderstood organization, which may remind you of Health Canada.
3. The setting for Who Could That Be At This Hour? is Stain’d-By-The-Sea, a small seaside town in which the sea has been drained away, leaving a lonely and eerie landscape that may feel familiar to inhabitants of the Northwest Territories.
4.The story concerns the theft of a precious statue of great mystery and power, not unlike The Grey Cup.
5. Who Could That Be At This Hour? marks the appearance of a shadowy villain who may prove to be too upsetting to those already familiar with Stephen Harper.
6. The book contains my memory of wearing wet socks, a horror no Canadian needs to relive.
7. The book features artwork by the renowned graphical novelist Seth, who has cast a gloomy if gorgeously rendered cloud over Canada for years previous.
8. Readers of National Post columnist John Moore will already be weary from accounts of a thwarted search for justice in a world blanketed by suspicion, deceit and despair.
9. The book contains the sentence “Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why,” which Winnipeggers will likely find alarming.
10. Maple syrup is referred to in a somewhat derisive tone.
11. The book contains my account of discovering a woman trapped in a basement which is quickly filling up with water. Reading it will likely sour Canadians on their many beautiful lakes, resulting in vacations even more dreary and dreadful than they already are.
12. The book contains very few apologies.
13. Who Could That Be At This Hour? is written by an American, and I would assume that readers of the National Post have had enough of their southern neighbour’s domineering demeanor and all of the cheap jokes often made at their expense. Although, in reading this over, perhaps they have not.
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He's so witty with every single thing he says.
