"Under a light to strangle infants by..."

After I went through the copy of Gormenghast that my mum left behind I realised that I really wanted to read Titus Alone, as I remembered it being my favourite of the three books. I wasn't wrong. This is how you should start a chapter:


Seriously: Mervyn Peake, goddamn.

Also, doesn't that make a great Halloween post? Happy Halloween everyone!