Gregory Cowles at Paper Cuts stumbles upon the “the most dangerous book of poetry ever written.” It’s also become one of the priciest.
Best-selling Southern California novelist Dean Koontz released The Book of Counted Sorrows in 2003. Just 1,250 copies were published. This week, Cowles noted that Koontz’ book is selling online for $800. [That's a bargain compared to Amazon, where used copies are listed today at more than $1,100.]
The author described The Book of Counted Sorrows this way: “Being the mind bending, heart stopping, bowel freezing , spleen tickling history of the most dangerous book of poetry ever written including the text of that cursed book itself, with the prayer that God will protect you from a spontaneous head explosion (and even worse potential fates) if you dare read.”
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