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Titus alone

Mervyn Peake

1959222 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1959
first published
  • 1959Eyre & Spottiswoode · 222 pages · ENG
  • 1968Ballantine Books · 284 pages · ENG
  • 1970Eyre & Spottiswoode · 263 pages · ENGISBN 9780413444301
  • 1970Penguin · 263 pages · ENGISBN 9780140030914
  • 1982Overlook Press · 262 pages · ENGISBN 9780879511456
  • 1992Overlook Press · 363 pages · ENGISBN 9780879514273
  • 262 pages

Titus, almost 20, flees oppressive Castle Rituals. Lost in a sandstorm, helped by Muzzlehatch owner of traveling zoo and his ex-lover Juno, stranded in big city, arrested for vagrancy, he longs for home. Nobody has heard of Gormenghast, few believe. Titus wants to prove it is real.

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