The Gormenghast Trilogy av Mervyn Peake

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<p><b>ENTER THE CRUMBLING WORLD OF GORMENGHAST...<br><br>''A modern classic'' </b><b>Anthony Burgess<br><br>''A gorgeous volcanic eruption... </b><b>A work of extraordinary imagination'' </b><br><b><i>New Yorker</i><br><br>''A perfect creation'' Neil Gaiman </b><br><br><i>Gormenghast</i> 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.<br><br><b>''Peake''s books are actual additions to life; </b><b>they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before'' </b><b>C. S. Lewis</b></p>