The seventh essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Mervyn Peake’s Titus Alone (1959), the much maligned third and final novel in the Gormenghast series.
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Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Gormenghast” by Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast 2)
The sixth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast (1950), the powerful second novel in his Titus series.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “Titus Groan” by Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast 1)
The fifth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Mervyn Peake’s Titus Groan (1946): an atmospheric, richly wrought novel about power and social hierarchy in a castle populated by absolute weirdos, and how it all starts to crack up.
Sean Guynes 