{"product_id":"9780879510916","title":"Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake","description":"\u003cp\u003eMervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. \u003ci\u003ePeake's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038389113072,"sku":"9780879510916","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780879510916_p0.jpg?v=1784242565","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780879510916","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}