![]() ![]() Peake weaves a grand miasma of doom and foreboding over the sterile rituals of the castle, introducing also the villainous Steerpike who seeks to exploit the gaps between the formal rituals and the emotional needs of the ruling family for his own profit. Titus Groan starts with the birth and ends with the first birthday celebrations of the heir to the grand, tradition-bound castle of Gormenghast every grand fantasy citadel since owes something to Mervyn Peake (thinking, most recently in my reading, of Isse Tower in Cecilia Dart-Thornton's The Ill-Made Mute, but there are many others). When I previously reviewed Titus Groan, in 2011, I wrote: At first, consequently, it had frightened them, but they had soon perceived that there was no irritation in its note today. ![]() The young scullions had heard this roar many times before but had never associated it with anything other than anger. ![]()
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