Titus Groan -- Mervyn Peake, Paperback

As the novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born. He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle. Meanwhile, far away and in the kitchen, a servant named Steerpike escapes his drudgework and begins an auspicious ascent to power.Inside of Gormenghast, all events are predetermined by complex rituals, the origins of which are lost in time. The castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors. Dreamlike and macabre, Peake's extraordinary novel is one of the most astonishing and fantastic works in modern fiction.

Author: Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 06/26/2007
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781585679072