"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. a work of extraordinary imagination." -"The New Yorker" "Gormenghast is grotesque, gory, ghastly, mystical, lyrical, monstrous, mind-bending, and inarticulably beautiful." - The Scattering Blog This special edition, published for the centenary of Mervyn Peake's birth, is accompanied by over one hundred of Peake's dazzling drawings. Over the course of these three novels-Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone- Titus must contend with a kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation, and murder.Intoxicating, rich, and unique, The Gormenghast Trilogy is a tour de force that ranks as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. But with the arrival of an ambitious kitchen boy, Steerpike, the established order is thrown into disarray.
At the center is the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, Lord and heir to all.īook Synopsis Titus is expected to rule this extraordinary kingdom and his eccentric and wayward subjects. See /privacy for more information.Enter the world of Gormenghast: a vast crumbling castle of labyrinthine corridors and dungeons, turrets and dungeons. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at Hosted on Acast. * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk./shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length)ġ3:51 - The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings by Geoff Dyer.
Also in this episode, Andy marks the belated UK publication of Maud Martha, the sole novel by poet Gwendolyn Brooks (Faber) while John enjoys Geoff Dyer's new book about tennis and much more, The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings (Canongate). With Joanne's expert guidance, John and Andy revisit Peake's visionary work for the first time in decades and are surprised and delighted by what they discover. Novelist Joanne Harris (Chocolat, A Narrow Door) is our guest for a celebration of Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959) by Mervyn Peake, three novels which are often referred to, erroneously, as the Gormenghast Trilogy.
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