"Nonsense", wrote Mervyn Peake, "can take you by the hand and lead you nowhere. It's magic". Peake (1911-1968) is one of the great English nonsense poets, in the tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. His verses lead the reader into places where...

It is forty years since the death of Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), the author of the much-loved "Gormenghast novels". To mark the anniversary this first comprehensive edition of Peake's poetry is published. It includes every black-and-white illustration...