Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)

by Mervyn Peake

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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.
  • ISBN10 0345235185
  • ISBN13 9780345235183
  • Publish Date 12 August 1973 (first published January 1968)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Ballantine Books
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Language English