The Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket (Snicket)

The Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket, Lenomy Snicket (aka Daniel Handler), 2002

Although this book of background information (not necessary to the story) was published either just before or just after Carnivorous Carnival, I didn't read it until I was (then) current with all the other books. I didn't want it to give anything away.

Actually, it wouldn't have done that. In fact, it would have been extremely helpful as we finally see that the tattoo of the eyeball on Count Olaf's ankle in the first book and alluded to numerous times in the series looks absolutely nothing like, say, the CBS eyeball, or for that matter any other eyeball that anyone else would ever draw. Or, co-incidentally, the eyeball image used in the film. As mentioned previously, this is the worst kind of retconning, and the sloppiest of plotting and writing.

Handler was obviously running out of ideas but committed to 13 books, which explains why they started coming out a year apart.