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Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
Listened to this on audiobook, mostly because Neil Gaiman listed it as an influence. It was....strange, long, and maybe just not for me. The plot is minimal, and the driving force of the narration lies in the many many ceremonies and habits of Gormenghast, the seat of the Earls of Groan, and the people who inhabit it. At the start of the novel, the 77th Earl of Groan, Titus, is born. What follows is essentially just the introduction of the myriad and universally bizarre characters who live in the castle and their reactions to the birth of the new Earl. The atmosphere, and the characterisation of each person is excellent, I will not deny. It would be a good book for a long, dark winter. Maybe I will try the rest of the series at that time.