Titus Groan
- Author Mervyn Peake
- Narrator Saul Reichlin
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 21 hours and 40 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Dark fantasy, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Historical fantasy, Speculative fiction.
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What to expect
As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.
Critics Review
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Mr Peake’s first novel holds one with its glittering eye – It has a genuine plot in the strictest sense, and it persuades you to read on simply in order to know what will happen – its gallery of characters is wonderful
Nation -
A gorgeous volcanic eruption… A work of extraordinary imagination
New Yorker -
The Gormenghast Trilogy is one of the most important works of the imagination to come out of [this] age
Spectator
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