![]() ![]() Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series (1946-1959), if you’ve never read it, is a dense literary labyrinth that makes A Game of Thrones and its sequels look downright old-fashioned. However, judging by the first book in the series, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, another apt comparison, especially when it comes to style and structure, might be “an African Gormenghast.” I understand why Marlon James calls his new trilogy “an African Game of Thrones” - it builds the right expectations for an epic fantasy with dozens of characters spread across warring kingdoms. Adam Morgan| Longreads | February 2019 | 8 minutes (1,962 words) ![]()
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