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The Gormenghast Trilogy
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ENTER THE CRUMBLING WORLD OF GORMENGHAST…’A modern classic’ Anthony Burgess’A gorgeous volcanic eruption… A work of extraordinary imagination’ New Yorker’A perfect creation’ Neil Gaiman Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery, manipulation and murder as well as his own longing for a life beyond the castle walls.’Peake’s books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before’ C. S. Lewis
Additional information
| Weight | 0.787 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 4.1 × 14.5 × 21 cm |
| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099288893 |
| About The Author | Mervyn Peake was born in 1911. He is perhaps most famous for the 'Gormenghast' trilogy which were published between 1946 and 1959 – Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone. He has also written a book for children, Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor and several volumes of poetry. He was also a gifted book illustrator. He died in 1968. |
A master of the macabre and a traveller through the deeper and darker chasms of the imagination | |
| Other text | Mervyn Peake is a finer poet than Edgar Allan Poe, and he is therefore able to maintain his world of fantasy brilliantly through three novels. It [The Gormenghast Trilogy] is a very, very great work…a classic of our age |
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