- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 Jan 1972)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140033726
- ISBN-13: 978-0140033724
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 535,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Mr Pye (Vintage Classics)
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Brimming with good cheer, Mr Pye decides to bring peace and love to Sark's 289 eccentric inhabitants. This is a charming fable about the battle bewteen good and evil.
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Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark - his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although this book is not quite "Gormenghast" it still shows off Peake's exquisite descriptive powers. Not as gloomy or epic as his masterpiece, it has a much simpler plot, however "Mr Pye" keeps the same eccentric characterisation and rich dickensian writing style that makes Peake such a brilliant writer.
Some have said that the book is childlike in it's plot and dialogue. This is completely untrue. Although very humerous, "Mr Pye" is at times deeply disturbing, as one would naturally expect with Mervyn peake.
So, although very different atmospherically to "Gormenghast", this book is still very well worth a read.
Some have said that the book is childlike in it's plot and dialogue. This is completely untrue. Although very humerous, "Mr Pye" is at times deeply disturbing, as one would naturally expect with Mervyn peake.
So, although very different atmospherically to "Gormenghast", this book is still very well worth a read.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A stranger comes to a small English island populated by various peculiar oblique characters-not to mention the stranger himself-The stranger will get to know all of the inhabitants of the isle of sark( to earn his wings )
the book is filled with Peakes wonderful sense of humour
the book is filled with Peakes wonderful sense of humour
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
No, Mr Pye shouldn't be compared to the astounding Gormenghast, but it is still a sweetly quirky and entertaining book. Peake's oddball sense of humour shines through, and the characters are his usual mad bunch of weirdos. Very lively and imaginative, and if you appreciate it on it's own merits and not as a work by the author of Gormenghast, you'll find it quite delightful.
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A little gem - and a travel guide to Sark
Since Mervyn Peake's parents were missionaries in China from the time of his birth until he was 12, it is not a surprising topic for his standalone novel set in the wonderful... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rosie Gamgee
Hmmmmmmmm.
Those expecting a breathtaking ballet of brilliant prose, as Mr Peake supplied in the Gormenghast trilogy, will innevitably be disapointed. Read more
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