The Gormenghast Trilogy, Vols. 1 - 3

This is a magnificent trilogy of novels about the world of Gormenghast - a weird kingdom whose royal inhabitants and their entourage live in a gigantic castle, ancient beyond memory, built upon a mist-shrouded mountain. The trilogy may be considered myth, adult fairy tale, or a metaphor for the human condition. C.S. Lewis notes that Peake has created a whole new genre, the Gormenghastly.