Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
Taste attributes: fantasydramacomedyhistoricalfresh & originalimaginaryintricateglossyemotive & stirringtroubled leadssocial commentarydeep rivalry
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, glossy fantasy novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
This is the first of the Gormenghast trilogy and introduces the reader to Gormenghast Castle and its inhabitants. Lord Sepulchrave the Earl of Groan, his life an endless succession of meaningless rituals, Countess Gertrude, who spends her days secluded in her bedroom surrounded by cats and birds, her only source of pleasure.
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- Author
- Mervyn Peake
- Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 506
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- Open Library
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