Maeve Gilmore

Titus Awakes: The Lost Book of Gormenghast by Maeve Gilmore

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I think Maeve Gilmore did a wonderful job with this book. While it certainly lacks Peake’s sense for the grotesque (which anyway felt more at home in Gormenghast than outside of it) it certainly does read like a Gormenghast book and, in particular, is an excellent counterpoint and closure to the part of Titus’ life that started in Titus Alone.
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