The Story Behind 'Rast' by Christopher Hoare

 

The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is Christopher Hoare, author of the high fantasy novel, Rast.

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Many years ago my wife bought and read some of the Mervyn Peake Gormenghast gothics. I looked at a few pages and found them too depressing to want to read. All safely forgotten when some TV producer...