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Mervyn Peake: How to Build a Castle in the Air

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Peake had an unusual solution to writer's block. He had a more audacious solution. Steerpike is a vicious psychopath, but Titus Groan and Gormenghast would be a pale shadow of themselves without the demented energy and ingenuity he brings to the story. Much better to embrace your shadow, take it out and dance with it.