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A brilliantly-executed retelling of BEOWULF from the point of view of the monster, Grendel, with a new introduction by Adam Roberts.

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Few writers ever reach this level of greatness, It doesn't matter whether you think Grendel's about Anglo-Saxon warriors battling monsters or the collapse of superstition and the rise of capitalism, or both at once, this is mythic writing in every sense of those words. - SFX

This is a marvellous novel, absolutely marvellous: witty, intelligent, delightful, so totally a work of the imagination that it creates its own world while touching upon our memories of myth and verse, a celebration of what we most need in one of the greatest poetic myths we have. - Newsweek

No point in beating around the bush: John Gardner's third novel, GRENDEL, is an extraordinary achievement - New York Times

Grendel

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    A Paperback / softback by John C. Gardner

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9781473212015, 978-1473212015
      ISBN10: 1473212014
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      Fiction Fantasy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A brilliantly-executed retelling of BEOWULF from the point of view of the monster, Grendel, with a new introduction by Adam Roberts.

      Trade Review
      Few writers ever reach this level of greatness, It doesn't matter whether you think Grendel's about Anglo-Saxon warriors battling monsters or the collapse of superstition and the rise of capitalism, or both at once, this is mythic writing in every sense of those words. - SFX

      This is a marvellous novel, absolutely marvellous: witty, intelligent, delightful, so totally a work of the imagination that it creates its own world while touching upon our memories of myth and verse, a celebration of what we most need in one of the greatest poetic myths we have. - Newsweek

      No point in beating around the bush: John Gardner's third novel, GRENDEL, is an extraordinary achievement - New York Times

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