Cool Gift of the Day
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
What it is:
From the author of "Lemony Snicket", a book about a little potato pancake that tries to explain itself and its role at Hanukkah to Christmas-centric characters.
Why we love it:
Who but the wonderfully skewed author of "Lemony Snicket" could come up with such a hilariously twisted Christmas story? Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah. A particularly irate latke is the star of "The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming". Leaping out of the frying pan, the latke screams even louder as it tries in vain to explain itself and its role at Hanukkah to flashing colored lights (So you're basically hash browns, they reply. Maybe you can be served alongside a Christmas ham) and an equally Christmas-centric candy cane and pine tree. Embedding a satirical sting in his elegantly cadenced prose, the author (Daniel Handler) up-ends any number of conventions in what may be his funniest book yet.
Where to get it:
From
Amazon.com for a funny $8.62.