The Gormenghast Novels
by Mervyn Peake
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Author: Mervyn PeakeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-12-01
ISBN: 0879516283
Number of pages: 1168
Publisher: Overlook TP
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Book Review: A fantastic blend of Kafka and Dickens...a superb fantasy.
Summary: 5 Stars
A trilogy placed in a gigantic, moldering, decaying castle, which is ALL its inhabitants know of the world---they know of no world beyond Gormenghast...this is the tale of Titus, heir to the throne and hater of authority, even though he is the very symbol of it...and his rebellion against the entire world he knows. This Kafkaesque setting is accentuated by the Dickensian grotesques who inhabit it....the insanely loyal Flay, the blasphenous Barquentine, and the greatest villain in all literature, the consummate schemer, Steerpike. Once read, never to be forgotten. The third book is much less than the first two, where Titus encounters the outside world...but I understand that Peake at that time was in the throes of an illness that later killed him so was not at his (forgive the inevitable pun) peak. But recommended in the strongest possible terms. Right up there with Lord of the Rings or The Worm Ouroborus, and totally different from either.
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