Bought blindly because of its writer. A little novella of a little man on a mission to bring the light of his "Great Pal" to the island of Sarke.
Unknown to him, his actions have a physical effect on him, and he starts sprouting wings, only to do evil and have them replaced by horns.
It is called a fable on the backside and that it very much is. Now, the bleakness and the dark ominous worlds from Gormenghast or "The Boy" are not here, but his words are beautiful as ever.