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What is it with Mervyn Peake?   He just can’t seem to stop himself killing off major characters.   Just cast your mind back to the beginning...

Last week, the minor inconveniences of having to earn a living and wanting to spend some quality time with my family meant that I got woefu...

Our Gormenghast Readalong, hosted by Jackie at  Farm Lane Books has moved this week on to Gormenghast , the second book in the original tri...

CAUTION – PRETTY BIG SPOILERS ALERT!!! It’s a good job that we can start the second book in the pseudo-quadrilogy (I’m not convinced that t...

As the library burned and as Steerpike’s face popped up at the window, ready to save the day, I had a momentary mind meld of the aforesaid v...

If the first part of Titus Groan is the set-up, an exposition of the setting and the introduction of the main dramatis personae, then this ...

Jackie at  Farm Lane Books has taken on the thankless task of hosting a positively huge summer readalong of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast tril...