An opiate vista
A curious vista of 'tallow-coloured' images floating before an opium-steeped lord.
'Laudanum' was the name for various opium-based preparations and...
Ballooning abdomen
Flay and Swelter, pitched in a life and death struggle, are at physically opposite extremes - Flay, wiry, knobbly, skinny,...
The brick-dust cough
Flay can be followed by his cough. Being someone who often has a dry cough, I liked this perfect description...
Heron-like paces
I love the idea of a human walk embodying the fastidious strut of the heron's dainty stride.Â
'He strode to...
Ever-narrowing gyres
Swelter, the button-popping portly chef and Flay, the all purpose butler, valet and loyal servant of the Earl of Gormenghast,...
Don’t stand there staring…
A colourful way to deter someone from staring at you and, in case of need, to insult your staff. Stenching...
A rolling boulder
Nanny Slagg meets an old man of the Dwellers, the humble people who live limpet-like on the outer walls of...
How the other half lives
Gormenghast has two populations segregated by the walls of the rambling castle. The people outside are treated as lower order...
Scavenger-like faculty
No detail is too small to be filed in Steerpike's sharp, archival mind; all may prove useful for eventual manipulation,...
Fuchsia and ruby
A gift from the eccentric but kind-hearted and protective physician to the young daughter of the Earl and Countess of...
Quill-like face
Trying to picture this face resembling a quill, particularly as it describes the kindly, emotionally intelligent, acerbic doctor enjoying a...
Sourdust’s skin
Sourdust is the aged, dusty, crumbling Master of Ceremonies and custodian of endless ritual, rites and rules in the world...
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