Under A Canvas Sky : Living Outside Gormenghast

Author: Clare Peake

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Price : 34.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781849015110
Publisher : Constable and Robinson
Imprint : Constable
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Weight (g) : 0.475
Publication date : 30 April 2011
Dimensions : 223mm X 144mm X 26mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 01 August 2011
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Dewey classification : 823.912
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Mervyn Peake was born in China, the son of medical missionaries, and the juxtaposition of his exotic surroundings and the very English manners at home had a lasting effect on him. Reading Treasure Island until he could recite it by heart and waiting for comics to arrive from England had him living a childhood bursting with imagery.

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A moving memoir from Mervyn Peake's daughter.

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Clare Penate (nee Peake) was born on the island of Sark, but has lived in London all her life. She has worked as a bookseller, flower-seller, waitress, child-minder, nursery school teacher and maid. She has three children, one being the singer Jack Penate, and one grand-child. She reads, goes to the cinema, listens to music, and hand-makes patchwork quilts.