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reviewed Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast, #1)

Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (1991) 4 stars

As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he …

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4 stars

Original, without a doubt. I felt the pull and the strength of the spell, but never managed to become fully immersed somehow. I may continue the series just to see what else emerged from Peake's deep imagination, even though it's on a slightly different wavelength than mine.