Vast Alchemies: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake
By (Author) G. Peter Winnington
Peter Owen Publishers
Peter Owen Publishers
28th March 2000
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
823.914
Hardback
256
With the imminent television adaptation of the Gormenghast trilogy and the reissuing of his books, interest in Mervyn Peake''s work has never been higher. This biography is the result of Winnington''s 25 years'' research into Peake''s life and work.'