The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley Shuffled Story perhaps it's simply an enigmatic

perhaps it's simply an enigmatic entertainment

If you find yourself tiring of the rigidity of the printed word

his eccentricities

6 figure stands

and the paper begins to peel itself from the wall

The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley Shuffled Story perhaps it's simply an enigmaticIf you havent yet dosed yourself with The Iron Tonic, be warned: its no Q. R. V. Edward Gorey is at his most enigmatic in this 1969 tale of convalescents, eels, and lonely winter days. Strangely poignant and eerily (which is just eel with extra letters) familiar, this melancholy story takes us on a long journey to nowhere or, perhaps, to somewhere we know quite well. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000. Hardcover.