Maeve Gilmore
Birth date: June 14, 1917
Died: August 03, 1983
Maeve Gilmore's Books
On the blurb and in the Introduction, it's stated that the title story is about Titus Groan, though he is never named. Well, he's called "Titus" twice and the setting so closely resembles the Castle of the Groans that there is no doubt at all, as far as I can tell. It's a good, weird, story, too - w...
Why, when I already have two editions of this book (not to mention [b:Complete Nonsense|16447335|Complete Nonsense|Mervyn Peake|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1356204730s/16447335.jpg|22637077]), do I need a third? Because:i) This has 12 previously unpublished Peake sketches on glossy paper;ii) I h...
An extraordinary collection of poems, plays, short stories and drawings, displaying something of Peake's extraordinary range, and also exposing recurring themes, especially islands, isolation and the longing for security. There is even a story he wrote when he was 11, though it has the very un-PC ti...
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