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 icon1A response icon1
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 icon2A response icon2
Faith Jones·Nov 10, 2020Book review: Jabberwocky, a novella by Theodore SingerThis book will genuinely repay you for the time you spend sourcing and reading it. It is a gothic quest story, which the author says is…
Faith Jones·Jul 27, 2018Book Review: Titus Awakes: the Lost Book of Gormenghast, by Maeve GilmoreI was determined to like Titus Awakes when I bought it but, and it’s painful to say this, I was disappointed.A response icon1A response icon1
Peter Neville-Hadley·Mar 10, 2017Finding Gormenghast and the Groans in ChinaPeake’s inspiration is there, but not where everyone’s been looking.
