Every time I look at the art of Mervyn Peake I find new things. Same with his prose, there are layers and lots of them. I mean, look at this illustration he did for Alice In Wonderland. The fucking lines…
The is probably one of the best books ever — I only say probably because it’s not nice to be a snob and declare what is one of the few objective truths. The other objective truth is that this is the best smell in the world. You might try to come up with something else, but you can’t. You’ll fail. And then you’ll cry. So don’t try, just accept it.
