Fantasy

Gormenghast

by Mervyn Peake · Gormenghast series

Peake's second volume in the decaying castle. Titus Groan comes of age inside Gormenghast's labyrinthine rituals while Steerpike continues his climb through murder and ambition—prose as baroque as the architecture.

Gormenghast in reading order

• 1. Titus Groan — Mervyn Peake
• 2. Gormenghast — Mervyn Peake
• 3. Titus Alone — Mervyn Peake

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