{"product_id":"titus-alone-book-3-in-the-fantasy-classic-series-9781585679928","title":"Titus Alone: Book 3 in the Fantasy Classic Series","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A startling and unusual creation by an author who had imagination to burn and burn again. A feat of storytelling unmatched in wit or imagination.\" --SFF180\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the novel opens, Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old ritual of which he is both lord and prisoner and rushes headlong into the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From that moment forward, he is thrust into a stormy land of a dark imagination, where figures and landscapes loom up with the force and vividness of a dream--or a nightmare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This final installment in the Gormenghast Trilogy is a fantastic triumph--a conquest awash in imagination, terror, and charm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by David Louis Edelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Gormenghast Trilogy: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake's remarkable Gormenghast novels . . . They were crafted by a master, who was also an artist, and they take us to an ancient castle as big as a city, with heroes and villains and people larger than life that are impossible to forget.\" --Neil Gaiman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience.\" --C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"His inventiveness, his ingenuity, and his humor are astonishing.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeake, Mervyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMervyn Peake\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-1968) was a playwright, painter, poet, illustrator, short story writer, and designer of theatrical costumes, as well as a novelist. Among his many books are the celebrated Gormenghast novels, \u003ci\u003eTitus Groan, Gormenghast, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTitus Alone\u003c\/i\u003e, and the posthumously published \u003ci\u003eTitus Awakes\u003c\/i\u003e, the lost book of Gormenghast finished by Peake's wife Maeve Gilmore after his death\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThe Gormenghast novels, as well as Peake's other writings \u003ci\u003eMr. Pye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeake's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, are all available from The Overlook Press.","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900472135954,"sku":"9781585679928","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_92b16d21-83f4-449b-b35b-c2dd53aa9bba.jpg?v=1738383497","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/titus-alone-book-3-in-the-fantasy-classic-series-9781585679928","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}