The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy

Author: Burton, Tim

Short stories

Published on 4 October 2018 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 128 pages
157 x 149 x 11 | 224g

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Nightmare Before Christmas, among others - now gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children: misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of these hopeful, yet hapless beings.