The Gormenghast Trilogy

by Mervyn Peake

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ENTER THE CRUMBLING WORLD OF GORMENGHAST...

'A modern classic'
Anthony Burgess

'A gorgeous volcanic eruption...
A work of extraordinary imagination'
New Yorker

'A perfect creation' Neil Gaiman


Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery, manipulation and murder as well as his own longing for a life beyond the castle walls.

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  • ISBN10 0099288893
  • ISBN13 9780099288893
  • Publish Date 1 April 1999 (first published 1 April 1975)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Vintage Classics