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Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake | Literature & Fiction
Registered by krin511 of Olney, Maryland USA on Friday, December 26, 2008
Average 7 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

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Journal Entry 1 by krin511 from Olney, Maryland USA on Friday, December 26, 2008

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"Amazon Editorial Review:

An undisputed classic of epic fantasy, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels represent one of the most brilliantly sustained flights of Gothic imagination. For the first time in years, Titus Groan, the first book in this timeless series, is available in an individual paperback volume, complete with striking new packaging.

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. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual whose origins are lost in history and 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 English fiction." 


Journal Entry 2 by krin511 from Olney, Maryland USA on Saturday, January 24, 2009

7 out of 10

This was a deeply descriptive book that took me into a world with fascinating characters who have their own idiosyncrasies. I look forward to reading what happens next to Titus in Gormenghast.
 


Journal Entry 3 by krin511 at BookMooch, a bookmoocher -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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