The Curious Sofa is a 1961 book by Edward Gorey, published under the anagrammatic pen name Ogdred Weary. According to the cover, the book is a "pornographic illustrated story about furniture". Reviews of the book clarify that the illustrations are not overtly sexual, although innuendos and strategically deployed urns and tree branches abound. The New York Times Book Review described it as "Gorey's naughty, hilarious travesty of lust". Gorey has stated that he intended to satirize Story of O.[1]

The Curious Sofa
AuthorEdward Gorey (Ogdred Weary)
IllustratorEdward Gorey (Ogdred Weary)
Cover artistEdward Gorey (Ogdred Weary)
PublisherI. Obolensky
Publication date
1961
ISBN978-0-396-07861-6 (1980 reprint)
OCLC1943444
Preceded byThe Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet 
Followed byThe Hapless Child 

The story appears in Gorey's 1972 anthology Amphigorey.

The German translation was banned in Austria in 1966 on the grounds of "This publication is therefore suitable for deleteriously influencing the moral, mental and health development of young people, particularly by stimulating lustfulness and misleading the sex drive."[2]

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  1. ^ Gardner, Paul (September 19, 1977). "Theater: A Pain in The Neck". New York. p. 68.
  2. ^ "Das Geheimnis der Ottomane" Zürich 1981

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