The Gormenghast Trilogy
by Mervyn Peake
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 3/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 1/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 4/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 5/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 2/5.
Description
ENTER THE CRUMBLING WORLD OF GORMENGHAST... 'A modern classic' Anthony Burgess 'A gorgeous volcanic eruption... A work of extraordinary imagination' New Yorker 'A perfect creation' Neil Gaiman Gormenghast is the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are changing in the castle.