Gormenghast

A gothic labyrinth of roofs and turrets, cloisters and corridors, stairwells and dungeons, it is also the cobwebbed kingdom of Byzantine government and age-old rituals, a world primed to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, and death. Steerpike, who began his climb across the roofs when Titus was born, is now ascending the spiral staircase to the heart of the castle, and in his wake lie imprisonment, manipulation, and murder.Gormenghast is the second volume in Mervyn Peake's widely acclaimed trilogy, but it is much more than a sequel to Titus Groan--it is an enrichment and deepening of that book. At this very moment, a new generation of fantasy fans is growing to love this masterpiece that ranks as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing.

Author: Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 10/30/2007
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.56w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781585679454
ISBN10: 1585679453
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Fiction | Gothic