There are also novels that begin their lives under the unbearable weight of their predecessors and the probability of achieving success independently of their parents is, therefore, greatly diminished from the get-go. Some pieces of fiction are doomed to failure due either to over-hype or to an unfortunate lack of skill on the part of the author. In the centenary year of Mervyn Peake’s birth, Stephanie Lawless talks to his son Sebastian on the legacy of his father’s work. The mantle, however, was to be taken up in Titus Awakes by none other than his wife Maeve Gilmore – quite a surprise given that no one knew of her manuscript until its discovery by chance in the attic having lain dormant for nearly thirty years. Mervyn Peake’s much-loved cult series was brought to an abrupt and tragic end with the onset of Parkinson’s and Encephalitis.
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