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John Spurling: `Gormenghast's unreality in terms of an outside world is beside the point. For the reader, as for Peake himself, its reality is in the imagination and as the story gathers speed and force, as the author grows more confident in his audacious set-piece inventions--... the reader too becomes an entranced inhabitant of Gormenghast... The energy and relish of the telling, the excitement of the passages of action, the developing imagination and expressive power of the storyteller make it, like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a spellbinder.' --The Spectator
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A tour de force that ranks as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I won't go into detail about the stories themselves except to say that I think that the 1st 2 books of the trilogy are in my top 3 fictional books in modern English.
The 2011 hardback Vintage Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy is an improvement over Vintage's previous edition (which was Meridian's beforehand) in that they've got rid of some of the flagrant typos that were such a blight. Unfortunately, a lot still remain. They seem to be the result of bad optical character recognition (and inadequate proof-reading), e.g. "torn cat" instead of "tom cat", "day" instead of "clay", "splinteririg" instead of "splintering"! That doesn't explain "corosive", though. Don't these people have a spelling checker? I'm sure the edition I gave to a friend in 2001 didn't have nearly as many typos; alas, I can't remember the publisher.
Those who've seen previous editions will be familiar with many of Peake's illustrations. This edition has more of the same (though, for some reason, the picture of the starving girl, whom Titus takes home to Juno, has gone).
The 2011 hardback Vintage Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy is an improvement over Vintage's previous edition (which was Meridian's beforehand) in that they've got rid of some of the flagrant typos that were such a blight. Unfortunately, a lot still remain. They seem to be the result of bad optical character recognition (and inadequate proof-reading), e.g. "torn cat" instead of "tom cat", "day" instead of "clay", "splinteririg" instead of "splintering"! That doesn't explain "corosive", though. Don't these people have a spelling checker? I'm sure the edition I gave to a friend in 2001 didn't have nearly as many typos; alas, I can't remember the publisher.
Those who've seen previous editions will be familiar with many of Peake's illustrations. This edition has more of the same (though, for some reason, the picture of the starving girl, whom Titus takes home to Juno, has gone).
126 of 131 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I had pre-ordered this and having recently seen a stunning exhibition of Peake's drawings, was eagerly looking forward to its publication. I have to say that I am sadly disappointed though. The paper quality feels cheap and horrible and does not do the illustrations justice. I was also expecting the pictures to be more central to the volume but I do not feel they have been made the focus as I would expect in an "Illustrated" version. The prints seem pale against the page. Many are quite small and even the full page plates lack any impact at all. Such a shame.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A disappointing production of what could have been a lovely book. The book is badly designed, with the illustrations (ab)used in a very poor way and badly printed on cheap paper.
What a shame.
What a shame.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A great classic
This is essential reading for anyone who likes fantasy - though it's not fantasy in the strict sense. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stephanie Boucher
Great writing but poorly produced book
I agree with the comments made by other reviewers about the quality of production of this book as regards the paper used and the reproduction of the illustrations. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bear
Great Gormanghast
Fantastic trilogy, easily my favourite book by far. It's just a shame that Mervyn died before completing the third book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dixon
Beautifully twisted and grotesque
This is a delightfully dark and inventive piece of satiric fantasy. Peake's world and its twist on the class culture it apes is a cynical delight, very funny and repays repeat... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dave's Magic Codpiece
GORMENGHAST TRILOGY
This is the book that all Mervyn Peake aficionados have waited for. ALL the illustrations & a superbly printed text. All in a fine quality hardback cover. Read more
Published 9 months ago by CHIGMEISTER
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