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Tag: Mervyn Peake

Review of ‘Titus Alone’ by Mervyn Peake

20/11/2020 nsford 5 Comments

This novel is astonishing and strange but I’ve never liked it much. I re-read it to complete the trilogy which…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, Mervyn Peake, reviews

Review of ‘Gormenghast’ by Mervyn Peake

25/09/2020 nsford 2 Comments

This extraordinary sequel to Titus Groan is a strange beast. It has a Hamlet aspect (i.e. almost all the main…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, Mervyn Peake, reviews

What happened when I used a random generator to choose my re-reads

21/07/2020 nsford 13 Comments

Some time ago, I explained how I choose which book on my shelf to read next. I was only using…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, fiction, Harper Lee, J K Rowling, Jerry Spinelli, John Wyndham, Mary Shelley, Mervyn Peake, reading, Stella Gibbons

Review of ‘Titus Groan’ by Mervyn Peake

20/05/2020 nsford 6 Comments

‘There would be tears and there would be strange laughter. Fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings. And dreams, and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fantasy, fiction, Mervyn Peake, reviews

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