Daniel Handler

Writing under the sly pseudonym Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler is the man responsible for the highly amusing A Series of Unfortunate Events, a string of bestselling tales for especially smart young readers–and for a large handful of slightly juvenile adult readers, the kind who take unabashed pleasure in bathroom humor and the satisfactions of revenge. Those adults should be charmed in a different way by Adverbs: A Novel, a set of sixteen little love stories that introduce a series of mostly unfortunate would-be lovers and lonely-hearts types, as well as indulging Handler’s love of the odd phrase and the even odder observation. 3225 69th St. W., Edina; 952-920-0633