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Title: Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake by Maeve Gilmore, John Watney, Mervyn Peake, Alain Draeger ISBN: 0-87951-091-9 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: December, 1978 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My literary holy grail
Comment: I had tried to get this book ever since I read the Gormenghast books a few years back, but was informed it was unavailable. Imagine my surprise when it shows up on Amazon as available. I bought it as part of a deal with Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor. Had a slight twinge of anxeity when Slaughterboard showed up by itself, but Progress showed up about a week and a half later. Talk about worth the wait. Short stories, plays, illustrations, poems, Peake's Progress is a great collection of major work and oddities that showcases this amazing talent. My personal highlights are the Titus Groan in all but name story "Boy in Darkness" and his full length play "The Wit to Woo". If you are a Peake fan, you should have this, if not, why aren't you?
Rating: 5
Summary: Peake is great
Comment: Excellent stuff. The Gormenghast Trilogy is still the book you must read, but this volume is a fine introduction to Mervyn Peake. Btw, ignore the previous reviewer. I'm an admirer of Tolkien and I have no trouble at all appreciating Peake.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect introduction
Comment: This is a perfect introduction to the work of Mervyn Peake whose great Gormenghast trilogy reprsents the 'other' tradition in British fantasy writing. For me this is altogether much more satisfying than, say, Tolkien. Here you can find Peake's short stories, plays, drawings -- everything that made him the creative genius he was. If Tolkien isn't for you, Peake probably is!
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Title:Gormenghast ASIN: B00005B9CZ Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $31.48 |
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Title: The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone by Mervyn Laurence Peake ISBN: 0879516283 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America by Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose ISBN: 0375507523 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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