Of course, standoffish might be a slightly inaccurate description. And the standoffish Count Olaf (their closest living relative, where living refers to geographical proximity) is their new guardian. Their parents, unfortunatelythe first in a series of unfortunate eventsare dead. The Baudelaire children are three: engineering whiz Violet, bookish Klaus, and snappy (of teeth) Sunny. However, just in case you are a subterranean rock dweller like myself, heres a brief conspectus, a word which here means brief survey or summary. Unless youve been living under the same rock that I have, youre probably acquainted with the Baudelaire children. Having recently reviewed the first in the Sisters Eight series and A Tale Dark and Grimm, both of which are examples of gloomy, gothic style fiction where the narrator looms large and the writing delights in affectation, I thought it was probably time that I turned my attention to Mr Snickets particularly well-known exemplar of the same. Why yes, I am the book blogger equivalent of the White RabbitIm running rather embarrassingly late in getting to the Lemony Snicket party.
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