Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. Peake's Progress is a selection, compiled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, from every period of his work as a writer and draughtsman. It contains a remarkable work from childhood. 'The White Chief of the 'Umzimbooboo Kaffirs,' the early 'Mr. Slaughterboard,' which foreshadows the Titus books, two plays, fithe Wit to Woo' and 'Noah's Ark,' a broadcast version of 'Mr. Pye,' and a generous selection of Peake's short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as his drawings. Including a new preface written by Mervyn Peake's son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake's Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake's birth.