STRANGE CASE ALL AROUND

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: October 26, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Afriend of mine occasionally uses the epithet "mad in the classical sense," and I think it applies to West Barnstable author Alexander Theroux, the oldest of the famous writing Therouxs (Paul, Peter, and Phyllis, an in-law). To me, the phrase denotes an angry, discombobulated mind, lapsing into flashes of brilliance. That would be Alex Theroux to a T.

Just six months after the death of renowned author and illustrator Edward Gorey, creator of "Amphigorey," "The Epiplectic Bicycle," and 90 other titles in Massachusetts libraries, Theroux has published an enthusiastic celebration of Gorey's ...

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