Beautifully and lavishly illustrated with images of Peake's work over his lifetime, a series of short, readable and often pleasing discussions of his biography, his writing and his development as a visual artist provide a lot of insight and I think successfully add to our enjoyment and appreciation...
What a wonderful, lavishly illustrated, insight into Peake and his works.Despite the title, it is almost as much about Peake's words as his life and art, though all seen in relation to his art; as Anthony Burgess said, Peake's novels are "aggressively three dimensional", so it's a good pairing. The ...