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What a wonderful, lavishly illustrated, insight into Peake and his works.
Despite the title, it is almost as much about Peake's words as his life and art, though all seen in relation to his art; as Anthony Burgess said, Peake's novels are "aggressively three dimensional", so it's a good pairing. The book is split into themes, which are largely chronological, and each is written by someone who closely identifies with that theme.
John Howe sums up the man's works brilliantly:
Despite the title, it is almost as much about Peake's words as his life and art, though all seen in relation to his art; as Anthony Burgess said, Peake's novels are "aggressively three dimensional", so it's a good pairing. The book is split into themes, which are largely chronological, and each is written by someone who closely identifies with that theme.
John Howe sums up the man's works brilliantly:
"Few other modern author...more
Mar 05, 2013
Kyle
marked it as to-read
