Titus Groan (#1 The Gormenghast Trilogy)
Author(s): Mervyn Peake
Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born- he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.
Product Information
A brilliantly sustained flight of gothic imagination; the first of the bestselling Gormenghast trilogy. 20050107
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.
"Sourdust. Flay. Barquentine. Prunesquallor. Rottcodd. Steerpike. Into this crowd of personalities is born Titus, destined to be 77th Earl of Groan. If he survives... Titus Groan is a novel unlike any other and Gormenghast makes the Winchester House look like a lean-to. Read it and be forever changed." -- Adam (staff)
General Fields
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- : Random House
- : Vintage
- : 0.362
- : 01 January 1998
- : 199mm X 131mm X 33mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : 506
- : Paperback
- : Mervyn Peake
