{"product_id":"the-gormenghast-novels-titus-groan-gormenghast-titus-alone","title":"The Gormenghast Novels (Titus Groan \/ Gormenghast \/ Titus Alone)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous  volcanic eruption . . . a work of extraordinary imagination (The New Yorker)  The Gormenghast Novels collects Mervyn Peakes classic fantasy trilogy.  The true fantasy classic of our time. Washington Post  A doomed lord  an emergent hero  an array of bizarre creatures  and an ancient royal family plagued by madness and intriguethese are the denizens of ancient  sprawling  tumbledown Gormenghast Castle.  Within its vast halls and serpentine corridors  the members of the Groan dynasty and their master  Lord Sepulchrave  grow increasingly out of touch with a changing world as they pass their days in unending devotion to meaningless rituals and arcane traditions. Meanwhile  an ambitious kitchen boy named Steerpike rises by devious means to the post of Master of the Ritual while he maneuvers to bring down the Groans.  In these extraordinary novels  Peake has created a world where all is like a dream: lush  fantastical  vivid; a symbol of dark struggle. Accompanying the text are Peakes own drawings  illustrating the whole assembly of strange creatures that inhabit Gormenghast.  Breathtaking in its power and drenched in dark atmosphere  humor  and intrigue  The Gormenghast Novels is a classic  one of the great works of 20th-century British literature. This edition includes introductory essays by Anthony Burgess  author of A Clockwork Orange  and famed humorist Quentin Crisp.  The Gormenghat Novels (which includes Titus Groan  Gormenghast  and Titus Alone) has been included in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books  Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels  and 100 Must Read Fantasy Novels as one of the greatest fantasy works of the 20th century. Literary critic Harold Bloom has praised the series as the best fantasy novels of the 20th century and it is often compared to J.R.R. Tolkeins The Lord of the Rings.  His inventiveness  his ingenuity  and his humor are astonishing. San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945441849397,"sku":"ByrdShop_0879516283","price":37.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780879516284_6dec3db5-3113-443b-ab32-07e9c68ed005.jpg?v=1770144872","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gormenghast-novels-titus-groan-gormenghast-titus-alone","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}