About the book: 2016 / “The Boy in the Dark" is the first Russian-language edition of the collection of stories by the classic of English literature Mervyn Peake, author of the “Gormenghast” trilogy “This book is the dance of death of our usual view of the world. This book is an invitation to a strange journey far beyond Gormenghast. Water your palm tree before heading out. We'll meet then, there.