Over the course of his long and suspicious career, Lemony Snicket has investigated many things, including villainy, treachery, conspiracy, ennui and various suspicious fires. In this book, he is investigating his own death. POISON FOR BREAKFAST could be said to be a book of philosophy, something almost no one likes, but it is also a mystery, and many people claim to like those. Certainly Mr. Snicket didn’t relish the dreadful task of solving it, but he had no choice. It was put in front of him, right there, on his plate.