

Snicket is not married to book illustrator Lisa Brown and does not have a son named Otto, which Handler is and does.īewildered yet? Good, says Handler.

And it is most certainly not one of the novels by the writer Daniel Handler (which include “Why We Broke Up” and “We Are Pirates”), even though Handler is Snicket, and Snicket is Handler. There might or might not be a crime in this book. But there are no tragic Baudelaire orphans. What follows in this adventure tale for all ages are bewildering clues, beguiling mysteries and musings on creativity and mortality. This summer, Snicket released a new book called “Poison for Breakfast,” which begins with a note slipped under his door announcing that he has just had … yep. If you are a child, have a child or were once a child, chances are you know all about Lemony Snicket and his “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” both the books and the Netflix series.
