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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Has anyone read and enjoyed Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy?
Every few years I get the urge to give them another try; but I always find the prose so turgid that I give up about half way through the first volume. 
(The BBC TV adaptation was good though - one example of the film/TV version being better than the book, in my opinion.) |
Sorry you can't get into the set, Sparrow. We seem to disagree on these books.
This is a very Dickensian trilogy, a set that is wonderfully rich with characterization and atmosphere. Ballantine Adult Fantasy reprinted these in the late 70s / early 80s.
My email address that I've had for a number of years has been
cabellpeake@*******.com
Which brings me to another thread just started, the one on obscure books: I'll post over there, however, once I get my thoughts together. The Cabell refers to
James Branch Cabell.
Don