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First in the classic gothic trilogy. “A masterpiece . . . a moody, melancholy comedy with an underlying wit and profundity that cannot be denied.” — Speculiction The basis for the 2000 BBC series Now in development by Showtime 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. Praise the Gormenghast Trilogy “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. It is a very, very great work.” —Robertson Davies, New York Times -bestselling author “A sumptuous, poetic epic . . . considered by some to have an equal or even greater degree of importance to the developme

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Author

Mervyn Peake, Anthony Burgess

Publisher

The Overlook Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585679072

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (928 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14