Pseudonymous Bosch - The Secret Series

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Pseudonymous Bosch - The Secret Series

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A series of 5 books written by Lemony Snicket and Anthony Horowitz under the Pseudonym 'Pseudonymous Bosch.'
Exciting, gripping, thrilling, funny (extremely), very well written, and above all, very unique. I just wondered if anyone has every read one of these or even heard of it? I'd really like to know that person's thoughts on it. :D

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Brilliant pseudonym! :lol: I haven't come across this series but it sounds intriguing.
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I have never heard of it, but I'll be on the lookout for those books, they sound really interesting :-)
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Yeah you guys should definitely try. They are absolutely brilliant. Nothing similar to EB but great nonetheless, especially the 1st 3.
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Darrell71 wrote:A series of 5 books written by Lemony Snicket and Anthony Horowitz under the Pseudonym 'Pseudonymous Bosch.'
Are you sure about the authors, Sunskriti? According to a Wikipedia article Pseudonymous Bosch is thought to be Raphael Simon, though that has been disputed:

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I have seen Raphael Simon mentioned as the author in several different places, but I have seen no mention of either Anthony Horowitz or Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket). I would be interested where you got this information from Sunskriti, as it does seem that they would be very unlikely people to work together.
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Whoever it is, maybe he's the Banksy of children's literature? :wink:
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A quotation from Write Away on a page of the third book:
"Fans of Lemony Snicket will enjoy the dry sense of humour and fans of Anthony Horowitz will love the mystery...exciting, gripping and a fun read."
You're right: they would be unlikely to work together, but they've nailed the mystery + humour part perfectly. (i.e. assuming Write Away is not mistaken)
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Darrell71 wrote:A quotation from Write Away on a page of the third book:
"Fans of Lemony Snicket will enjoy the dry sense of humour and fans of Anthony Horowitz will love the mystery...exciting, gripping and a fun read."
You're right: they would be unlikely to work together, but they've nailed the mystery + humour part perfectly. (i.e. assuming Write Away is not mistaken)
I read that differently - fans of the above 2 authors will also like these books which have a similar mixture of mystery etc.. I do not take it to mean that the author(s) of the recommended books are in fact Lemony Snicket and Anthony Horowitz.
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Anita Bensoussane wrote:Brilliant pseudonym! :lol:
For a different pun on the same name, there's a vintage/retro second hand clothing shop in Melbourne called Anonymous Posh. 8)
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Daisy wrote:
Darrell71 wrote:A quotation from Write Away on a page of the third book:
"Fans of Lemony Snicket will enjoy the dry sense of humour and fans of Anthony Horowitz will love the mystery...exciting, gripping and a fun read."
You're right: they would be unlikely to work together, but they've nailed the mystery + humour part perfectly. (i.e. assuming Write Away is not mistaken)
I read that differently - fans of the above 2 authors will also like these books which have a similar mixture of mystery etc.. I do not take it to mean that the author(s) of the recommended books are in fact Lemony Snicket and Anthony Horowitz.
That could be a possibility. I read that 5 or 6 years ago and that's how I interpreted it. It's stuck in my mind now. But I don't really care who he is.....he sure writes cool stuff! :D
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