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Title: Titus Groan
Subtitle: Gormenghast Trilogy
Author: Mervyn Peake
Narrator: Saul Reichlin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-19-14
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Publisher's Summary:
The complete, unabridged audiobook of Titus Groan.
As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.
A brilliantly sustained flight of gothic imagination.
Members Reviews:
Fantastic writing
Some of the most incredible use of English I have ever experienced. Excellent reader. Highly recommend.
Unique
What did you like most about Titus Groan?
It is a masterpiece, a work of art, full of grotesques and plot machinations that you could simply not predict. A work of delightful eccentricity.
What other book might you compare Titus Groan to, and why?
The fact that I have come across nothing like it before is another mark of its calibre - a true original.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The novel is crammed full with elaborate and delicately wrought vignettes - to call any a 'scene' seems like sacrilege. I will say that most of the characters seem like mere caricatures at first but are crafted in such a subtle way that as you read on they become thoroughly three dimensional.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It delighted me.
Any additional comments?
I would compare it to a box of jewels: each character and episode so diverse yet so captivating.
Unique
Would you consider the audio edition of Titus Groan to be better than the print version?
I've read some of the Amazon comments relating to book/kindle version - their reviews are better written than I can, echoing having read it as a child many times and being absorbed by this world created by Peake that can not be compared directly to anything else written.
What about Saul Reichlins performance did you like?
Having listened to the Millenium Trilogy also read by Saul Reichlin I knew I could trust listening to him throughout this Trilogy - and I was more than impressed. He has brought the characters and particularly the language to life in a way that I don't remember from reading it myself. He has been able to add more to it for me.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I have found it one of the ultimate experiences that a novel can give - to be lost in another world, be transported somewhere else in time and place, to visually see, to emotionally feel, and I can not imagine a better spoken performance than that given to us by Saul Reichlin.
Beautiful visual descriptions and bizarre characters
This is my favourite book, I've read and listened to Gormenghast repeatedly. The performance is great but a few of the voices put me off and broke the magic for me in places.
Brilliant and hard to categorise
Where does Titus Groan rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
Terriffic audio performance, bringing a wide range of characters to life. It's an absorbing world that the audiobook transports you into - beautiful stuff!
What other book might you compare Titus Groan to, and why?
Well, you can't really - I'd always assumed the GG trilogy was a fantasy, LOTR type thing, but it's not.