Titus Alone

Title: Titus Alone Author: Mervyn Peake ISBN: 9781585679928 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Published: 2008 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Fantasy 1643587 Publisher Description: "A startling and unusual creation by an author who had imagination to burn and burn again. A feat of storytelling unmatched in wit or imagination." --SFF180 As the novel opens, Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old ritual of which he is both lord and prisoner and rushes headlong into the world. From that moment forward, he is thrust into a stormy land of a dark imagination, where figures and landscapes loom up with the force and vividness of a dream--or a nightmare. This final installment in the Gormenghast Trilogy is a fantastic triumph--a conques