Richard Swan·Apr 24Jane Austen and Mervyn PeakeGormenghast. If that name has significance for you, great. If it doesn’t, I have my work cut out.A response icon1
InScritturabyJohn E Marks·Aug 12, 2025Arriving where we started“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” TS EliotA response icon3
InThe LarkbyJohn E Marks·Aug 11, 2025Mind the Gap: Work-in-Progress“Noon - ripe as thunder and silent as thought had fled unfingered”― Mervyn Peake GormenghastA response icon2
InAdam’s NotebookbyAdam Roberts·Sep 27, 2023Gaum, GhastlyI am now older than Mervyn Peake was when he died, something which brings home to me just how truncated his life was. He was in his 20s…A response icon2
