Mervyn Peakeยนs Gormenghast trilogy is widely acknowledged to be, as Robertson Davies pronounced, ยณa classic of our age.ยฒ In these extraordinary novels, Peake created a world where all is like a dream--lush, fantastical, and vivid. Yet it was incomplete. Parkinsonยนs disease took Peakeยนs life in 1968,
Titus Awakes
โ Scribed by Gilmore, Maeve; Peake, Mervyn
- Book ID
- 107579391
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Series
- Gormenghast 4
- Category
- Fiction
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