A brand-new book from the bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events – a cautionary tale about Lemony Snicket's own demise. For curious children and adults alike.
Lemony Snicket is the internationally bestselling author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events; several picture books, including The Dark and The Bad Mood and the Stick; and the books collectively titled All the Wrong Questions. His work has sold 80 million copies worldwide.
‘Reading this little book feels like opening a window to let in air
and light. It’s filled with curious information and powerful
feelings, and is humorous, sad, meditative and rapturous by turns –
with ambiguous questions to be mulled and savoured.’
*Guardian*
‘A wittily macabre treatise about philosophy, creativity,
connectivity, gratitude and bravely facing one’s demise while
living as well as possible in the meantime.’
*Financial Times*
‘a genial, discursive ramble of a book… The tone throughout is
Vonnegutian – bewildered, amused, quizzical – and if the book fails
to deliver any startling philosophical breakthrough, that’s rather
the point, since it’s more about the journey than the destination.
A bit like life, then.’
*FT*
‘Poison for Breakfast is a strange, beguiling, beautiful book.
No one else could have written it, or anything even a little like
it. If Lemony Snicket didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him.’
*Anthony McGowan, author of Lark*
‘Poison for Breakfast is a book to savour. Every sentence is
perfectly balanced to surprise, delight, intrigue and, yes,
bewilder the reader. A book about impending death which captures
the simple, but profound, joys of being alive. I am a long-time
Lemony Snicket fan and this is his best yet.’
*Sarah Hagger-Holt, author of Nothing Ever Happens Here*
‘Witty, clever and unsettling – it’s Lemony Snicket at his finest,
and bright minds that love dark delights will gobble it right
up.’
*Rachel Delahaye, author of Mort the Meek*
‘Poison for Breakfast is a murder mystery like no other, which will
bewilder and beguile both children and adults alike. It’ll have you
questioning everything – from whether or not you can outrun
death, to even bigger questions such as whether or not you are
choosing the most respectable method to cook your eggs each
morning.’
*Hana Tooke, author of The Unadoptables*
‘Full of Snickety goodness, philosophical acrobatics and wry
wit. A veritable treasure trove for fans of A Series of Unfortunate
Events.’
*Gareth Osborne, Bath Children's Novel Award Winner*
‘Poison for Breakfast is a delicious read with sentences to savour
and philosophical questions to keep you awake long past midnight
snack-time... It’s diabolically good.’
*Jack Meggitt-Phillips, author of The Beast and the Bethany*
‘Fans who have grown up with his novels may appreciate the
opportunity to explore [Lemony Snicket’s] mind.’
*Books for Keeps*
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